Alaba Lawson: Nigeria has lost an amazon – Iziaq Salako

Damilola Ajibola

The Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Kunle Salako,has said that Nigeria has lost an amazon in the personality of the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Mrs Oluwaseun Alaba Lawson.

Salako in a statement obtained by News Contact Online,on Sunday, said the late Iyalode of Egbaland impacted positively on humanity in her lifetime.

He recalled his relationship with the deceased back to his secondary school days.

The statement reads,”The news of the demise of Chief (Mrs) Alaba Lawson, the first Iyalode of Yoruba land was received by me with shock and sadness but with gratitude to Almighty God for the life of positive impact that she lived. 

“This was a pacesetting woman on many fronts who never got distracted with the past but focused on the future.  She was a business woman of note, an educationist and a traditional leader that exemplified the virtues of Yoruba women as leaders to reckon with.  Iyalode Alaba Lawson was a lesson in bravery and focus.

“Her legacy as the first female President of NACCIMA and the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry are some of what signposted her legacies while on the suface of the earth. 

“I had the pleasure of being acquinted with this amazon first as a young man while pursuing my secondary education alongside one of her sons and have also closely associated with her in the course of my service to Ogun State. She was a mother, a philanthropist and humanist who will be greatly missed by many. 

“May Almighty God grant her family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. Rest in peace Iyalode”