The leaders and members of Eko Club International (ECI), the premier global organisation of Lagos indigenes, has been commended for upholding its core values by President Bola Tinubu. This is coming on the heels of the club’s 25th anniversary this month.

In a congratulatory message from the Presidency, President Tinubu acknowledged ECI’s significant contributions in promoting Lagos’s rich cultural heritage, sponsoring medical outreach programs, providing scholarships to the underprivileged, financing skill acquisition initiatives, and supporting entrepreneurship.

‘As Eko Club International celebrates 25 years of remarkable growth with 25 active chapters across the USA, UK, Canada, and Europe, President Tinubu affirms that the organisation’s unique history and impactful activities have positioned it for enduring generational influence’, the statement from the Presidency stated.

While encouraging ECI’s leaders and members to reflect on past achievements and prepare for even greater contributions in the future, the President thanked the members for their steadfast support and wishes the organisation continued success and greater impact in the years ahead.

ECI, is a community-based organisation of Lagosians in the Diaspora, established to foster cooperation and collaboration, unity, brotherhood and sisterhood amongst its members, to empower its members politically, socially and economically and to contribute positively to the advancement and prosperity of Lagos State.

According to available information, the genesis of Eko Club International, can be attributed to the vision of a group of Lagosians from Eko Club Houston and Canada, made up of the trio of Sam Dipeolu, T.J Abass and Yesir Ganiyu representing Eko Club Houston at a meeting with members of Eko Club Canada. The meeting was held at Mrs. Abiola Nosiru’s residence on February 15^th, 2000.