November 12, (THEWILL) – About two weeks ago, Chief Alaba Lawson, the first female President of Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines Agriculture (NACCIMA) passed on at the age of 72. Lawson who was also the first female President, Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI) died at her resident in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Until her death, Lawson was an accomplished woman. She was the Iyalode of Egbaland; the Matron of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists; Past Chairman, Board of Governing Council, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ogun State (MAPOLY); Past President, Abeokuta Chamber of Commerce, Past President, Ogun Council of Chambers of Commerce, Past President, Odu’a Chambers of Commerce; Global Convener, NACCIMA Business Women Group (NAWORG), Fellow and Council Member, Institute of Directors (IoD), member, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Council Member, Nigerian-British Chambers of Commerce (NBCC), Chairman Board of Trustees, Nigerian Quality Infrastructure Forum(NIQIF); matron, Women In Logistic and Transport (WILAT), Chairman, ABESTONE Microfinance Bank etc.
Despite her multiple accomplishments which was public knowledge, not many knew that music legend and juju miliki exponent, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi fathered one of her six children, Oreoluwa Obey-Fabiyi. The son who is her last child is a graduate of Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State. Unlike his sons who took after him by charting a course in the music industry, Oreoluwa towed a different path. He is a civil engineer by profession who works in the maritime sector and is the veteran musician’s sixth son and seventh child. He is happily married with a son.
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