A quarter century, laid course by course.

Two men started it and one of them did not live to see it. What follows is the chapter's own record.

1. 2000
   The founding

   The idea of an Ibadan Descendants Union in Houston came from two indigenes, Mr. Tunji Agunbiade and Mr. Marcus Oloyede, who set out to gather the sons and daughters of Ibadan living across Greater Houston.

   Marcus Oloyede died on 11 August 2000, before the union he helped begin existed.

   The inaugural meeting was held that October at the office of Mr. Ramon Agboluaje on Bissonnet Street. On 8 November 2000 the chapter was registered as a Doing Business As organisation.

2. 2001
   First members, first rules

   Members met on 17 February to plan a public membership drive, held on 25 February at the Ramada Inn. That day the first Executive Committee was elected: Martin Oloyede as President, Gbolahan Adeogun as Vice President, Ademola Agboluaje as Secretary, Rilwan Adesola as Assistant Secretary, Lateef Yakeen as Treasurer, Wasiu Ishola as Chief Whip, with Tunji Agunbiade and Ramon Agboluaje as Public Relations Officers.

   The first Rules and Regulations were adopted on 27 May. The chapter incorporated with the Texas Secretary of State on 31 July, and adopted its first Constitution on 18 December.

3. 2003
   Forty-four

   Membership reached 44, and the chapter established an investment group to encourage financial cooperation between members.

4. 2004
   Tax exemption

   Corporate status was reinstated on 12 February following a suspension for unfiled tax documents. On 9 April the Internal Revenue Service granted IDU Houston 501(c)(3) status, an exemption whose paperwork later helped guide IDU National toward securing its own.

   The chapter held its official inauguration on 10 December.

5. 2007�?"2016
   The quiet years

   Attendance thinned. The Vice President relocated and the founding secretary was away, so Mr. Yomi Jeyifous took the Vice Presidency and Mr. Yinka Aboderin served as Secretary, the two of them holding meetings whenever meetings could be held.

   Yinka Aboderin died after a long illness. Yomi Jeyifous carried the chapter on. A meeting at the office of Elder Rilwan Adesola proved the turning point, and for the best part of a decade the chapter met there, intermittently and in small numbers, which is the only reason there was still a chapter to revive.

6. 2017
   The revival

   Dr. Fatai Oyejobi was elected President. Monthly meetings resumed, the administrative structure was rebuilt, and the chapter re-established itself in the Houston community.

   He served with Oloye Abiola Iyiola as Vice President, Oloye Mutiu Adebayo as General Secretary, Alhaja Monsurat Abayomi as Treasurer, Alhaja Fatimah Abdulkareem as Financial Secretary and Mrs. Bukky Ladapo Daudu as Public Relations Officer.

7. 2019
   Second administration

   Oloye Abiola Iyiola was elected President, with a nine-member Executive that widened member engagement, pressed on transparency in governance, and raised the chapter's participation in IDU National affairs.

8. 2022
   The present Council

   Alhaja Titilayo Sanusi became President and leads the chapter still, with a Council of eight.

   Meet the Council