Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has commended the Nigerian Correctional Service for training 24 inmates in various vocational skills to promote their rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
Adeleke, represented by Mr Kehinde Olakanmi, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security Matters, gave the commendation during the presentation of certificates to the trained inmates, at Ile-Ife Nigerian Correctional Service,on Tuesday.
He said that the initiative would give the inmates hope for a better future, added that the skills acquired and certificates received would empower them to become self-reliant after their discharge.
Adeleke, represented by Mr Kehinde Olakanmi, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security Matters, gave the commendation during the presentation of certificates to the trained inmates, at Ile-Ife Nigerian Correctional Service,on Tuesday.
He said that the initiative would give the inmates hope for a better future, added that the skills acquired and certificates received would empower them to become self-reliant after their discharge.
The Governor explained that the vocational training would provide the beneficiaries with opportunities to earn a living and attain greater heights in the future.
Prof. Akindehinde Akindahunsi, Department of Civil Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU),Ile-Ife, delivered lecture on"Public Partnership in the reformation, rehabilitation, reintegrate of inmates:Creative safe and sound societies by investing in second opportunities ".
Akindahunsi explained that Public partnership in inmates’ reformation, rehabilitation and reintegration is essential to building safe societies, charged government, private organisations and communities to support vocational training, education and empowerment programmes.
Don expressed that investing in second chances will help former inmates become self-reliant, law-abiding citizens, admonished employers and communities to provide job opportunities and acceptance to reduce reoffending and promote peaceful coexistence.
He warned their parents, families and society against rejection and stigmatisation, called on National Assembly to enact a law against stigmatisation of inmates.
Earlier, CC Rotimi Oluwadele, the Controller of Corrections, Osun State Command, urged the inmates to make good use of the knowledge acquired during the training.
Oluwadele said that "knowledge is power" and that the skills and certificates awarded through the programme would provide the inmates with opportunities to secure a better future.
The Controller of Corrections urged the beneficiaries to contribute positively to society after their discharge, stressing the importance of applying their newly acquired skills to earn a living.
Similarly, ACC Olawuyi Winner, the Assistant Controller of Corrections in-Charge of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ile-Ife, said that the training was organised in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Winner expressed that the initiative was designed to assure inmates that being in custody did not mark the end of their lives, but offered an opportunity for reformation, rehabilitation and a fresh beginning.
He further stated that the centre aimed to ensure that inmates were not only reintegrated into society as law-abiding citizens but were also transformed into individuals capable of contributing meaningfully to national development.
The assistant controller expressed optimism that the beneficiaries should use the opportunity to become productive citizens and contribute their quota to the development of Nigeria.
Our Correspondent reports that the skills acquired by the inmates included: barbing, hairdressing, fashion designing, laundering and dry cleaning, auto mechanics, auto electrical work, bricklaying, bag and shoe making, welding and carpentry.
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