Senator Tinubu to be conferred with a chieftaincy title
By Ogunjobi Bright
The Lagos state senator in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, will on Saturday be bestowed with a chieftancy title in Kweme, Badagry as the Yeye Oba(King's Mother) of Kweme kingdom.
Oba Sejiro James, Aholu Henwa of Kweme,told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that Mrs Tinubu would be honoured as part the activities to mark his 10th anniversary on the throne.
The king said “I intend to use this anniversary to affect the lives of my people in a positive way by providing working tools for some artisans to reduce poverty in my domain,”He encouraged the government to intensify its focus on rural development to improve lives at the grassroots.
“The rural areas are badly affected by the rains as the roads have become inaccessible,” said the king of Kweme, a coastal rural town on Nigeria – Benin Republic border.’’Oba James also urged government to resolve the development deficit in rural areas.
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