Honorary Alderman Erelu Lola Ayonrinde
Community Development
She is a past Mayor, Conservative Councillor, Magistrate, Privileged Honorary Alderman of The London Borough of Wandsworth, an Ambassador of Peace and a Cross-Cultural Relationship Stress Consultant (CCRSC).
She is a highly sought after Trainer on Diversity Management & Lifestyle with everyday experiences of being an employee and employer within British Governmental & Non-Governmental Institutions.
She is internationally recognized as a practicing politician of conviction with an established ongoing practical support and encouragement for Self Help Non-Governmental Community Organisations and Voluntary sector groups in the UK, other countries within the European Union, Brazil and Nigeria.
Honorary Alderman Erelu Lola Ayonrinde
Honorary Alderman Erelu Lola Ayonrinde
She believes in the practice of true justice, meaningful equity, and fairness for all.
For decades, leadership and unwavering commitment to the stated goals, her tenacity, drive, and enthusiasm have been instrumental to numerous awards from local, national, and international organisations.
The 1980s witnessed the beginning of her continued campaign for appropriate recognition of Africans from Africa as a legitimate and very diverse subsection of the Political group "commonly" known as "BRITISH BLACKS".
A believer in accurate and functional diversity, she believes COLOUR is not an accurate description of any human being.
Born into a family of those at the forefront of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, accurate representation of history is a top item on her agenda.
She is an orthodox traditional individual with a high level of energy to enable others to contribute to the development of self, home, and country of abode. For these, she holds a number of Royal Chieftaincy Titles.
Her political career both in the UK and Nigeria reflects her determination to ensure mankind seeks a life of doing the Right Thing The Right Way And At The Right Time. She has a track record of being a message bearer and a source of light in a Universe Of Darkness.
An ardent campaigner on the accurate practice of ancestral traditions, she is well known as a unique individual with a sound logistic understanding of the relevance of the norms values customs and traditions of the Yorubas. Hence, she single-handedly triggered a major campaign to end customary rituals inappropriately linked with Installation and burial rites of Yoruba Monarchs.
A Champion of a return to the True Tradition of the Yoruba Ancestors, Nigerian born Honorary Alderman Erelu Lola Ayonrinde, believes it is of paramount importance that the history, customs, heritage, and beliefs of Yoruba People of Oduduwa are accurately understood, communicated and practiced for future generations.