By the time of his death, Awolowo had committed two million naira (N2 million) to the project. Therefore, as HID said above, the full realization of the dream constituted for her one of the ways of immortalizing her husband. Such was the admiration of HID and her husband for the unparalled excellence of the Mayo Clinic that they recommended it to anyone who had serious medical challenges. Then they told her she must go to Mayo Clinic in the United States to seek a second opinion. When she eventually visited Mayo Clinic, the doctors there diagnosed her case and returned a heartening verdict.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 12, 2018 02:23 UTC