Abia sends officials to Aba, Umuahia correctional facilities to assess inmates’ health conditions

The Abia State Government says it has sent officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to correctional facilities successful Aba and Umuahia to measure the wellness conditions of inmates.

The authorities authorities besides said it had taken steps to assistance inmates successful resolving their ineligible and different payment challenges.

The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this astatine Government House, Umuahia, portion briefing journalists connected the result of this week’s Executive Council meeting.

He noted that astir of the inmates serving successful the Umuahia and Aba correctional centres were young people.

He explained that the authorities authorities was identifying areas wherever inmates required ineligible aid, bail assistance, aesculapian attraction and household support.

Kanu besides stated that the authorities was providing introspection opportunities for inmates.

In a related development, erstwhile Nigerian planetary boxer Ikechukwu Okoronkwo has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently code dilapidated infrastructure astatine the Nigeria Correctional Centre successful Arochukwu, Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State.

Okoronkwo, who visited the Arochukwu Correctional Centre implicit the weekend, expressed interest implicit the mediocre information of the unit quarters.