Maryam Belgore’s Reward for Passion

Maryam Onikijipa Belgore has been quietly nurturing her dreams and aspirations, until she came into prominence after her nuptial to Abdusamad Belogre, son of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Salhiu Modibbo Alfa Belgore. This further cemented her presence as a house hold name in the country. Maryam is not a woman who finds joy in clout chasing, she loathes unnecessary attention, but her impact is
felt across the country through her MOB foundation.

The NGO was founded years back with the sole aim of catering for the downtrodden, who could not afford quality education and other basic amenities of life. The Kwara State born mother of three made a convenant with her creator, to do everything within her capacity to make her environment a better place through giving by advancing happiness in the lives of the needy.

The daughter to top Kwara clergyman, Sheik Sulaiman Farooq Onikijipa, was decorated with an award for humanitarian service of the year at Moreklue All Youth Award (MAYA). The organisers revealed she bagged the award for her selfless comittment to humanitarian and charitable causes. Earlier this month, she visited Galadima junior secondary school, Abuja, where she generously donated educational grant worth millions of naira to selected students, whose parent can’t afford school fees.

The Cresent university graduate is also a passionate girl child advocate. She has advocated for free sanitary pad for female students to ensure they have a stress free monthly menstrual cycle. At the award ceremony presentation, she mounted the stage fitted in an all white sleekly flowing gown as she received the award presented by popular Nollywood actor, Jide Awobona. In her acceptance remark, She thanked her husband and well wishers for supporting her dreams to making her immediate environment a better place. She further added that her best is yet to come as the award is an encouragement to do more and seek public and private partnership to achieve the goal of extending assistance to anyone who needs it.