The O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation began 2024 on a good note for senior citizens under its Care for Life Programme with the yearly New Year party for them in Abonnema, Rivers State.
The event featured praise and worship, dancing, and a cash award of N250, 000 each to seven nonagenarians, who also received portraits of themselves and certificates, gifts for others and lots to eat and drink.
The joyful senior citizens, attired in beautiful Kalabari clothes, had the time of their lives at the event, affirming the Foundation’s commitment to total care for older people.
In her welcome remarks at the occasion attended by partners, including the Federation of Women Lawyers, the African Women Lawyers Association and Old Port Harcourt City Association of Friends, Chairman of the O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation, Dr Seinye O.B. Lulu-Briggs, expressed delight at hosting the elders again this year.
She explained that the New Year party is special, because it reminds her of how the Foundation started 22 years ago, focusing on senior citizens.
She said: “Back then, elders in our community were practically invisible, especially those who could no longer fend for themselves and did not have children or relatives who could do so. Elder abuse was frequently reported in the news. The O.B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation began its operations by identifying and caring for such elders through our ‘Care for Life Programme’ 22 years ago.”
