The Executive Secretary of Abeokuta Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mines and Agriculture(ABEOCCIMA), AbdulRahman Maku disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Here are ten things to know about the late Iyalode:

1.Chief Alaba Lawson was born on January 18, 1951.

2.She was born into born into the Jiboku-Taiwo family of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State

3.She got her diploma in education at St. Nicholas Montessori Teachers’ Training College at Prince’s Gate, England in 1973

4.She started her teaching career in 1969 at Children House School, Ibara and taught at Queen’s Gate Montessori Nursery School and Mill Hill Nursery and Junior School before she later came back to Nigeria in 1977

5.She later established a trading/distributing firm known as Capricorn Stores Ltd, between 1968 and 1996.

6.She became the President of the Abeokuta Chambers of Commerce in 1995

7.She later became the President of Ogun Council of Chambers of Commerce 2000 till 2002.

8.On May 25, 2017, Alaba became the first woman to be elected President of National Association Of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines And Agriculture (NACCIMA)

9.Chief Lawson was also the President pro-tempore of the Forum of Female Traditional Rulers in Nigeria.

10.She also served as chairman of the board of the Governing Council, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ogun State. (The Nation)