Dare Ajayi, the brother of the late Ibiduni Ighodalo has announced that over N140million has so far been raised in helping 40 women become mums; a dream that the late business woman nursed before she died.
Making the announcement on his Instagram page moments ago, Dare Ajayi in his birthday message to the late Ibidunni Ighodalo who would have been a year older today, wrote thus:
“My kokoye!
Your last wish was to help 40 couples conceive their own children as part of your 40th birthday celebration a year ago. That was all you wanted !
Remarkably as always, God heard your prayers and the world was moved by the impactful and purposeful life you led.
Your foundation @ibidunniighodalofoundation has raised well over N140,000,000 (one hundred and forty million Naira) and still counting! I mean who raises funds from heaven? Angels only.
We have recorded a few Successful conceptions but we still going on 40!
Your impact even after your demise hasn’t diminished. You are still touching lives in absential. I know you are happy and at peace!
I want to celebrate your victory today by thanking everyone who helped us through this period !
For us it is a time of gratitude!
So guys on behalf of this legend !
I want to say a big thank you for making her wish come true! I’ld like to thank everyone who contributed ! From the richest man and woman in Africa to the ones who gave out of nothing but compassion! To those who knew her and those who didn’t but were inspired by the exemplary life she led !
From her husband who has kept this dream alive, to the church, pastors, her children , family on both sides, friends, dignitaries, office & domestic staff, media, her colleagues in the event world , her clients , bloggers , influencers, admirers, strangers and ultimately the almighty God for a life well spent.
IBIDUNNI Says THANK YOU
God bless you all! Amen”
Ibidunni Ighodalo (July 1980 – 14 June 2020) was a former beauty queen, an event management expert, a philanthropist, and a co-pastor of Trinity House Church, in Lagos Nigeria.
In 2007, she married Pastor Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of Trinity House Church and both have two adopted children. Mrs Ighodalo was open about her own struggles to conceive, and her passion to help families that are suffering from infertility.
She once narrated in an interview how they struggled to have their own children, visited hospitals and were told by medical doctors that their only option is to seek treatment through assisted reproduction. Ibidun confessed that she had done IVF 11 times and it failed every time, and during the last attempt, she was pregnant with twins. Unfortunately, she lost the pregnancy after three months.
These experiences led her to establish Ibidunni Ighodalo Foundation to create awareness on infertility and provide financial supports for families with such issues to do IVF.
Through the foundation, she has provided grants for couples to undergo IVF, and carried out awareness.
Mrs. Ibidunni died in the early hours of Sunday morning, 14 June 2020 in Port Harcourt, in the eastern Nigeria. Before her death, she was on assignment to set up a COVID-19 isolation centre for the River State government. Ibidunni died about a month before her 40th birthday. She died due to cardiac arrest.