Rivers State Deputy Governor Dr. (Mrs.) Ipalibo Harry Banigo has urged inmates of the Degema Prisons to understand that there is hope for a brighter future outside the prison walls.
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| Rivers State Deputy Governor Dr. (Mrs.) Ipalibo Harry Banigo |
Dr. Banigo stated this while presenting food items for the upkeep of the in mates and lodgers of the Degema Prison as part of her Prisons Outreach Programme at the Degema Prison on Thursday, 19th July 2018.
Speaking through her Senior Special Assistant Mrs. Inegogo Fubara, Dr. Banigo said the prison outreach programme was aimed at giving hope and succour to inmates according to the Bible instruction in Hebrews 13:3.
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Senior Special Assistance to the Rivers State Deputy Governor, Inegogo Fubara (Right) with the S.A. Research to her Excellency, Uki Asemota (2nd Right) Presenting some food items to the Inmates in Degema Prisons on behalf of the Deputy Governor. With them are the ACP Mr. Okoro Godwin (3rd Left) and other officers on duty.
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The Deputy Governor advised them to use their period of incarceration to acquire skills and a time of sober refection, noting that there is still hope for a brighter future.
According to her the State Chief Executive, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike is transforming Rivers State with a lot of developmental programmes, to encourage investments and make the State more viable, like the award of scholarships and the granting of loans to small and medium scale enterprises which they could key into when they are eventually released from prison.
In his remarks the Deputy Controller in Charge of Degema Prisons Okoro Godwin expressed gratitude to the Deputy Governor for her show of love to the inmates, describing her as a woman with the milk of human kindness like Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
It would be recalled that the Degema Prisons which was used as a transit camp for slaves during the slave trade era was built in 1902.
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