Praise GOD

Royal Queens for Development and Empowerment Initiatives, held its Inaugural meeting for members and Executives and Patners in Lagos on May 19. It was a meeting for members to officially meet each other, discuss issues affecting their communities and rub minds on how the problems can be solved.

The Royal Queens agreed on developing programmes for economic upliftment and development of their communities.

Olori Janet Afolabi, CNN award winning journalist and Queen of Apomu Kingdom, who is a Founding Member of the Association, spoke to journalists after the meeting . She said that "communities are dynamic so we need to organise different activities at different stages. we will also organise our people to identify, priotize and solve their problems. This will ultimately lead to sustainable development."

She said "community development is powerful tool that can address social and economic issues.It is a critical aspect of growth and development of any society.That is why we founded this association to encourage Royal Queens to be actively involved in community development."

The association is made up of wives of First Class Traditional Rulers in Nigeria. However there are members who are not Royal Queens but Patners who, like the Royal Queens , are equally concerned about the welfare of children, youths and women in different communities. The Patners will work with the members and Executives of the association to develop and positively impact various communities.