Lawmaker rekindles hope for prisoners in Ogun

For a man that has benefitted immensely from the society, sharing his time and resources on his 47th birthday with prisoners and the less privileged in the society was the least he could do. Abiodun Akinlade, representing Yewa South/Ipokia federal constituency at the House of Representatives s re-ignited the hope of inmates of the Ilaro Prison, after presenting vocational materials worth several millions of naira to them, for the acquisition of skills and trades ahead of their re-integration into the society. The House Committee chairman on Science and Technology said: “I have been celebrating my birthday with friends and relatives in the comfort of my home in the past, but my family and I resolved to put smiles on the faces of prisoners and the less privileged in the orphanages, this time around. “We discovered that this set of people are detached from the society and most of them are mere victims of circumstance. They needed to be given the hope that they would be reintegrated into the society after their jail terms. Our prisons should be reformative and not punitive, and this is why we have chosen to celebrate my birthday with the presentation of these vocational items to the inmates.”