Iyalode Alaba Lawson dies at 72 years

The Iyalode of Yorubaland, Alaba Lawson, is dead.

She was aged 72.

A former President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce and founder of the popular Alaba Lawson Group of Schools, Abeokuta, died in the early hours of Saturday.

The Executive Secretary of Abeokuta Chambers of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture, AbdulRahman Maku, in a statement, said, “We regret to announce the demise of NACCIMA past President and ABEOCCIMA Matron and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Iyalode Alaba Lawson, MFR, JP (Iyalode of Yorubaland) which occurred in the early hours of today, Saturday 28th of October, 2023.

Burial arrangement to be announced later by the family. May God Almighty grant repose to the soul of Iyalode.”

Lawson was born on January 18, 1951.