Fifi Ejindu’s lifeline at UNIPORT

Abuja businesswoman and philanthropist, Architect Fifi Ejindu, has endowed a Chair at the University of Port Harcourt Centre for Children Developmental and Communication Disorders during the Fifth Congress on Childhood and Communication Disorders of the institute at the University Campus in Port Harcourt.
In her speech as the Guest of Honour at the occasion and while endowing the Chair in Communication Therapy for the Centre, Architect Fifi Ejindu went down memory lane reminding the audience of her late father, a professor of Organic Chemistry’s invitation by the former Governor of Rivers State, Diette Spiff to start what is now the University of Science and Technology Port Harcourt. According to her, she has always been familiar with the workings of the academia and the need to encourage the university system to do more to help the society.
Speaking further, Architect Ejindu enthused that the establishment of the Centre which incorporates research and studies in disabilities, first of its kind in the University system, is truly phenomenal as it will serve as an interactive therapeutic centre for early intervention.
Architect Fifi Ejindu, CEO, Starcrest Group, an industrialist and  philanthropist, has in the last couple of years been involved in creating jobs for women and young girls in fashion as well as promoting the arts through her NGO, African Arts and Fashion Initiative. The proud holder of a traditional title of Her Highness, Obonganwan King, Princess Ejindu is also a member of the National Heritage Council and Endowment For The Arts, which aims to ensure the protection and conservation of places and objects of heritage significance.