RC Ikoyi Metro wins D9112 best club honour among over 90 clubs, as outgoing Governor Lanre Adedoyin is celebrated by Rotarians in Lagos
The Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro has emerged the overall best club in Rotary International District 9112, an announcement made at an event in Lagos organised to honour Rotarian Lanre Adedoyin as he bows out as the second District Governor of the district.
The recognition places the club at the very top of a district that counts more than ninety clubs among its membership.
Rotarian Lanre Adedoyin presided over District 9112 through the 2025 to 2026 Rotary year, a one year term that drew wide praise for its emphasis on service and accountability.
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His send off doubled as an appreciation evening for Rotarians whose clubs delivered standout projects during his tenure, and it was against that backdrop that RC Ikoyi Metro was named the district’s finest.
Given the scale of competition, the feat counts among the most notable in the club’s recent history.
District 9112 spans Lagos and Ogun States, and clubs within it routinely compete on community impact, project funding and membership growth, making the overall best club title a genuinely contested honour rather than a routine accolade.
The award caps a season of sustained activity for the club under the leadership of Rotarian Engineer Alexander Chukwu, who took office as United President for the 2025 to 2026 Rotary year with a bold agenda and a personal target of raising twenty thousand dollars for the club’s foundation.
That agenda translated quickly into projects with measurable impact.
In January, the club commissioned a one hundred and fifty million naira renovation of wards C1 and C2 at General Hospital Odan in Lagos, fitting the facility with new equipment, water systems and refurbished infrastructure to lift the standard of care available to patients.
The hospital project went on to earn the club international recognition, securing third place in Rotary’s Power of Goodness Video Competition, a global stage that brought fresh visibility to the club’s healthcare work and reinforced its standing within the wider Rotary family.
Education and youth development also featured prominently.
RC Ikoyi Metro organised an interschool debate on the future of artificial intelligence, backing the competition with prizes and scholarships worth a million naira and giving Lagos students a platform to engage with one of the defining issues of their generation.
The club’s empowerment drive reached sixty four Lagos artisans, including tailors, barbers, hairdressers, bakers, shoemakers and welders, who received professional tools valued at fifteen million naira to help them grow their trades and reduce dependence on casual income.
Members also turned their attention to underserved groups.
Over nine hundred girls benefited from a menstrual hygiene drive that combined the donation of sanitary pads with education on personal care and confidence, while inmates at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre received relief materials and legal support intended to ease their reintegration prospects.
That programme drew an impressive turnout of dignitaries, among them the District Governor Elect, Rotarian Layi Abidoye, whose presence signalled continuity in the district’s support for the club’s work as incoming district leadership prepares to take charge for the 2026 to 2027 Rotary year.
Speaking on the empowerment initiative, Rotarian Alex Chukwu explained the philosophy guiding the club’s projects.
“We decided to invest directly in people. By equipping them with tools, we’re reducing poverty, taking idle hands off the streets, and creating a ripple effect in the community,” he said.
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Fellow Rotarians at the appreciation event described RC Ikoyi Metro’s emergence as overall best club as a fitting reward for consistency rather than a single grand gesture, pointing to a body of work spanning healthcare, education, livelihoods and welfare across a single Rotary year.
The honour also serves as a strong note on which to close Rotarian Adedoyin’s one year tenure as District Governor, with attendees describing the gathering as both a farewell and a celebration of the standards his leadership encouraged across the district’s clubs.
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