Iyalode Of Yorubaland, Alaba Lawson Dies Aged 72

A former National President of the Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson has passed away at the age of 72.

Her demise was communicated today in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital by the Executive Secretary of the Ogun Chambers of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture, Maku Abdul Rahaman.

Until her death, she was also the Iyalode of Egbaland as well as the Chairman of the Ogun State-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta.

She was an astute politician, an entrepreneur of note, and an academician. She was born on January 18, 1951, in Abeokuta.