Tinuade Babalola

HRM Tinuade Babalola Adejuyigbe Adele I (born May 25, 1998) of Iboropa Akoko, also known as, Akokoland, Ondo State, Nigeria. She is the first female traditional ruler/monarch of the Iboropa-Akoko kingdom. Tinuade was made a regent king to oversee the Akokoland as a community head on February 23, 2015, which was not long after her father, Oba Emmanuel Ayowole Adejuyigbe, died on 10 February, 2015 (at the age of 57). She was made the Adele (Yoruba word that is used for regent) at the age of 16, According to the interview she had with the Tribune Newspaper interviewer, she stated that she went through a few customary rites of passage before she was declared the regent and she administered till December 16, 2021. Additionally, she was a freshman when the process of being a female regent started. She was the first sitting monarch to attend the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp without being noticed, which place in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.

Education

Tinuade received a B.Sc in public administration from Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Selection and coronation

After Tinuade's father, HRM Oba Emmanuel Bablola died, the selection for the regent began afterwards, which made her selected as the customs of the Akokoland stipulate. She was made the female regent king to oversee the Akokoland as a community leader on February 23, at the age of 16. During this time she was an undergraduate in pursuit of a degree in Public Administration from Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Personal life

Tinuade Babalola Adejuyigbe is a first female traditional ruler and community head of Iboropa-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Apart from being a king, she is a business woman who makes Asooke, beads, crowns, iruleke among other indigenous, cultural attires and humanitarian who heads the Green Women Initiative (GWI). She is single and her tradition permits her to remain celibate while on the throne.

Green Women Initiative

Green Women Initiative is a non-governmental organisation with the aim to provide advantages for women in agriculture and agro-allied, it was launched on 25 May 2021 in celebration of her 23rd birthday.