Rotarian Lanre Lawal, a Chartered Accountant and long-time member of the Rotary Membership of Ikeja, was on Sunday, 27 July, put in because the membership’s 58th president at a ceremony held on the Lagos Airport Lodge, Ikeja.
Lawal, who turns into the second feminine president within the membership’s historical past, was accompanied by her husband, Alhaji Samusideen Oyeniyi Lawal. Her set up was carried out by senior members of the membership, led by Previous District Governor and Doyen of Rotary in Nigeria, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi.
Different notable figures on the occasion included Previous Assistant Governors Dipo Onabanjo and Ade Oyenekan, Assistant Governor Tosin Kadiri, and several other previous presidents together with Thomas Odegbami, Sola Akinsiku, Emeka Ibe, and the rapid previous president, Kayode Situ. The occasion additionally featured the formal induction of the board of administrators for the 2025–2026 Rotary 12 months.
Talking after her set up, Lawal described the second as one of many happiest of her life, noting that she joined the membership in 2015 and feels honoured to be main it a decade later.
“This membership is exclusive, and I’m excited to steer at a time after we are united in our dedication to creating a distinction in folks’s lives,” she mentioned.
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She outlined plans to equip and furnish a vocational coaching constructing beforehand donated by the membership to Ikeja Junior Excessive Faculty, which has but to be made operational because of the absence of important infrastructure. The ability will supply coaching in tailoring, barbing, electrical work, shoemaking, vogue design, and different sensible abilities.
“Our purpose is to make sure that by the point college students graduate, they are going to have marketable abilities they will use to help themselves, whether or not they pursue larger training or not,” she mentioned. “It’s about creating job creators, not simply job seekers.”
Lawal additionally highlighted the membership’s broader agenda for the Rotary 12 months, together with initiatives aimed toward bettering financial alternatives and offering entry to wash water, notably throughout Rotary’s Water and Sanitation Month.
“Our work is targeted on long-term influence,” she added. “We would like these younger folks to not solely uplift themselves but in addition give again to their communities as they develop.”
