The President of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) and the Chairman of Conference 57 Chairmen in Lagos, Hon. Alabi Kolade David has been inducted into one of the foremost clubs in the country, ‘The Yoruba Tennis Club’ on Friday, May 19th, 2023.
The investiture ceremony which was held amidst pomp and pageantry at the club ground had top government officials, and political bigwigs not leaving out captains of Industries and other Lagos socialites. The top musical act was on the ground churning out irresistible good music vibes to the listening pleasure of the guests and members in attendance with lots of mouth-watering meals and drinks.
Meanwhile, before he became the chairman of the council, he was the Vice-Chairman of the same council spending 3 terms in office and was later appointed the Executive Secretary of Bariga LCDA and doubled it up with the Chairman of Conference 57 simultaneously after which he got the APC Chairman ticket and won the election to become the Chairman of Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in 2017 and currently running his second term in office as Chairman of Bariga LCDA.
Alabi is a lawyer and an articulate, self-motivated, and well-groomed grassroots politician who in the course of his political exploits has contributed and still contributing his quota to the development of his immediate environment Bariga, Lagos, and Nigeria at large.
Barr. Alabi Kolade David was inaugurated as ALGON President by the National Economic Council of ‘The Presidency’ as a member of the National Road Safety Advisory Council. The inauguration was performed by the Chairman of the National Economic Council, Vice-President Yemi Osibajo on 17th June 2021 in Abuja.
About “The Yoruba Tennis Club”
The Yoruba Tennis Club is a tennis club in Onikan, Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria. It is the oldest indigenous social club in Nigeria. The club started on 15 July 1926, as Orelodun Tennis Club. At several meetings, the Club was later renamed “The Yoruba Tennis Club”. During the inaugural meeting, the club’s founders did not restrict its membership to those of Yoruba origin alone but ensured that it has a wide variety of people from different walks of life.
In September 2022, it marked its 96th anniversary. The club is regarded as one of the top social clubs in Nigeria with over 2000 active members cutting across nationalities, tribes, and religions.
The Yoruba Tennis Club is currently chaired by Bro. (Chief) Euzebio Babajide Damazio.