Kwara State Government has presented relief materials to the inmates of Nigeria Correctional Service in the state.
Presenting the items materials on behalf of the state government at the headquarters of the service in Ilorin, secretary to Kwara State Government, Alhaji Mahe AbdulKadir said the gesture was part of the government's responssibilities to ensure wellbeing of inmates in the state.
Alhaji Abdulkadir maintained that the state government would continue to partner the Correctional Service in areas of logistics .
He urged management of the Service to make judicious use of the relief materials to the benefit of inmates.
In a remark shortly after receiving the items ,Kwara State Controller of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Adebayo Oyun, thanked the State Government for the gestures, adding that the items would be delivered to the inmates as directed.
He identified lack of parental care and decadence in cultural values as part of the factors responsible for crimes in the society.
Adebayo noted that over seventy five percent of the inmates are Kwara indigenes.
Items presented to the Nigeria Correctional Service in Ilorin included 300 mattresses, 300 blankets, 70 cartoons of soaps, 70 cartoons of detergents, 300 mats, 20 pieces of solar lights and 21 packs of bathroom slippers-- as well as cash donation .
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