ROYAL FATHER OF THE DAY: HRM UKU AKPOLOKPOLO EREDIAUWA I, CFR, THE OBA OF BENIN KINGDOM

The royal father of the day is, His Royal Majesty Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa I, CFR, the Oba of Benin Kingdom and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Kingdom .

 Born in 1923, he attended Government College, Ibadan (1939–1945), then Yaba College, before going to King's College, Cambridge to study Law and Administration. He joined the Eastern Nigeria Civil Service in 1957 as a District Officer, later moving to the Federal Civil Service where he retired as Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in 1973. For a short period he was the regional representative of Gulf Oil. In 1975 he was appointed Commissioner for Finance in Bendel State during the Military Administration of Major-General George Agbazika Innih.

Ascending to the throne of his forefathers on 23 March 1979, he celebrated his 30th anniversary in 2009.Oba Erediauwa I,is an administrator par excellence, a peacemaker and mediator.  During this period, he several times acted as a peacemaker between politicians. For example, he intervened in a dispute between Abia State governor Orji Uzor Kalu and Tony Anenih, Chairman of the People's Democratic Party Board of Trustees, and resolved another face-off involving Anenih and former Edo State Governor Lucky Igbinedion.

Apart from the ceremonial aspects, Oba Erediauwa is well respected monarch in Africa. Oba Erediauwa I, was crowned the 38th Oba of Benin