The O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation in partnership with the African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) Rivers State has released a toll-free number for widows in the state to call whenever they are in dire need of help.
The toll-free number 0800-0023-111 was released by Mrs. Lulu Briggs during a special programme to commemorate this year’s International Widow’s Day.
Speaking during the event, Dr. Mrs. Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs stated that this year’s theme for the International Widows’ Day, “Invisible Women, Invisible Problems,” conveyed the fact that the deplorable plights widows face when their husbands die remain obscure in development circles.
The event organized by the Rivers State Chapter of the African Women Association in partnership with the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation was chaired by Hon. Justice Margaret Opara of the Nigerian Court of Appeal.
Mrs. Briggs during the webinar said the United Nations recognised that widows across the world were often ‘invisible’ to policymakers when they draw up and execute policies and are ‘Invisible’ to researchers when they carry out studies on poverty.
The Rivers State Widows Legal Assistance toll-free 24/7 hotline number 0800-0023-111 is to enable windows in Rivers State reach out for help, Mrs. Briggs asserted.
