Who is the man, Sesi Whingan? The profile of a quintessential Philanthropist.

By Dansu Peter

Not too many heard of Prince Sesi Whingan until his passion for humanitarian services propelled him to begin a life as a Philanthropist after successful excellent spells in both public and private careers as a Journalist, civil servant, property development consultant and the Managing Director of renown property firm, Pogs Luxury, Lagos.

Sesi, despite his relatively young age has since impacted not just in lives of so many individuals but some communities in Badagry. His Philanthropic gestures have resulted in remodeling lives of many youths, aged and widows in Badagry and beyond, through a foundation he established and christened, Sesi Whingan Foundation. No wonder many described him as a new breed of a rare quintessential future leader from Badagry corridor.

Born into the royal Family of Maseno in Ikoga Zebbe in Badagry Local Government of Lagos State in 80s, Prince Sesi started his primary and secondary education at St. Benedette Nursery and Primary school and Oba community High School both in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital between in 1990 and 2002.

He graduated in 2009 from the prestigious Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye in Ogun State, where he bagged his First Degree Certificate in Mass Communications. The overzealous young chap later obtained his MBA certification in the United Kingdom, from the renowned Anglia Ruskin University.

Before rising to the coveted positions he currently occupy as the Managing Director of Fogs Luxury, and the Regional Manager and Partner of FAB Pharmaceutical Nigeria Limited; Sesi Whingan worked as an Administrative Officer at Nsi Atai Local Government in Akwa - Ibom State, the same local government he had his compulsory National Youths Service Scheme, the NYSC, until 2011 after he graduated. Before then, he worked at Paramount FM radio station and Gateway Mirror between 2003 and 2008 as article writer, correspondent, and Assistant Scripts Editor respectively.

Sesi later delved into the business world of property development and consultancy, simultaneously while working in private firm.

Having been successful entrepreneur, Sesi's hunger for humanitarian services and social responsibility, propelled him to establish a foundation in 2017 which he named Sesi Whingan Foundation. A Non-Governmental Organization that has brought soccour to many, especially the youths, aged, the downtrodden and less privileged in Badagry.

Since inception, Sesi Whingan Foundation has embarked on the following social responsibilities among others; distribution of cash and food items to the aged, widows and less-privileged within Badagry, rehabilitation of Agric Road and other roads in Ikoga Zebbe, distribution of cash and other incentives to community and religious leaders; both Christians and Muslims, empowerment of some market women to boost their trade.

Sesi's name become more a household name, especially during the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic, where his foundation distributed food items and cash worth millions of naira across the length and breadth of Badagry Federation, to cushion the effect of the pandemic.

The humanitarian gestures by Sesi torched so many lives in Olorunda LCDA, Badagry West and Central, at a time when many hardly fed due to the lockdown effects of Covid-19.

Sesi is a son to Chief Pius Whingan, a business mogul, a notable chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, and a former Supervisor of Agriculture in Badagry Local Government.

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