Cllr Adedamola Aminu was on Wednesday bestowed with the honorary award for his outstanding contribution to the community.
The Honorary Freedom of the City of London is the highest honour that the City of London Corporation can bestow upon an individual.
When the City of London Corporation wishes to honour someone in this way, a special resolution is passed by the Court of Common Council and if it is passed, the recipient is invited to attend a special ceremony, usually, at Guildhall, (but occasionally, at the Lord Mayor’s official residence, The Mansion House), during which the Chamberlain of London admits him or her formally into the Freedom.
The recipient is presented with a beautifully coloured and illuminated copy of the resolution and with a casket. Speeches are made at the ceremony by the Chamberlain of London and the recipient.
The first Honorary Freedom was King Charles II, but the ceremony only started to take place on a regular basis from the middle of the 18th century, when Pitt the Elder received his Freedom. Since then, recipients have included Nelson, Wellington, Peel, Disraeli, Kitchener of Khartoum, Baden-Powell, Florence Nightingale, Winston Churchill, and the Queen Mother.
The two most recent recipients are Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Sir Tim Berners-Lee
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