Dr Mrs Seinye Lulu-Briggs, the Ghanaian born widow of late oil mogul and distinguished elder Kalabari statesman, High Chief Dr O.B. Lulu-Briggs has added another feather to her cap. She has been conferred with a new chieftaincy title of ‘Ununwe Gwoduma Emene Ekpeye 1 of Ekpeyeland’ (The Chief that heals Ekpeye people). The honour was conferred on her by His Imperial Majesty, Eze Sir (Ambassador) Kelvin Ngozi Anugwo, PhD, Eze Ekpeye Logbo 111, the Paramount King of Ekpeye Kingdom and his council of chiefs.
The installation ceremony took place during the official opening ceremony of the O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation’s Free Medical Mission which had a team of over 130 medical and non-medical volunteers dispensing free counselling/health education, outpatient consultations, paediatric care including deworming, dental care, eye care including surgery and glasses, malaria testing & treatment, HIV/AIDs screening, physiotherapy.
An accomplished businesswoman, social investor and philanthropist, Seinye a widow herself understands the plight of widowhood in Nigeria which prompted her to take on the plight of widows and help them rise above victimisation and all forms of persecution. She is also in collaboration with the African Women Lawyers Association, AWLA, to offer free legal service, fully paid for by her husband’s foundation, to support embattled widows in the pursuit of their rights and the protection of their dignity.
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