MOB Foundation boss, Maryam Onikijipa Belgore does not court media attention but a reoccurring decimal about her lifestyle is how she manages to pop up in the cynosure of all eyes. Perhaps, maybe because of her Heart of Gold or ravishing beauty but her philanthropic gestures to the downtrodden we gathered often spread like wildfire at any time she reaches out to the needy. For someone like her who loves to give expecting nothing in return, any kind gesture showed towards her, she would be highly elated with all her heart.
For her, birthdays are quite a significant day in her life. She is surrounded by beautiful people who love to celebrate her at any given opportunity. Friends and family showered her with so much love on the 3rd of October as she celebrates her 32nd birthday at a private 5-star hotel in Lagos.
The daughter of popular clergyman; Sheik Sulaiman Farooq Onikijipa and wife to cosmopolitan debonair, Abdulsalam Belgore, son of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Salhiu Modibbo Alfa Belgore, was in high spirit as she was surprised by friends who hosted her to a private birthday dinner in Lagos. The celebrant who initially came for an event in Lagos was caught unaware by her sibling with a surprise birthday soiree. As much as she would just like to have a private moment of celebration with her husband and kids like she did last year, friends and family were so interested in putting smiles on her face like she often does to those around her. With a very daring ambition and vision to keep touching the lives of every girl-child, the Kwara State-born mother of three, has vowed to keep donating a huge bulk of her income towards their welfare by creating an avenue, where they can all get access to quality education through sponsorship, frequent supply of sanitary pads for their menstrual circle and also provide advocacy against rape, child labor, child molestation and female genital mutilation.
The Cresent University Graduate in her unusual manner with her close friends and family had a birthday dinner where those in attendance made beautiful comments about her. They made testimonies that almost moved her to tears. With gigantic cakes and lots of birthday gift, the celebrant give thanks to Almighty God for making her see yet another year alive and bubbling on mother earth. Sources said; As she returned back to base in Abuja over the week she reached out to the needy in cash and other edible which is her usual celebration style.
