Anambra State Governor Pays Exam Fees for Correctional Centre Inmates

By Chinwe Onuigbo, Awka 

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The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has paid the examination fees for candidates of the Onitsha Custodial Centre of the Correctional Services, who sat for the NABTEB GCE and Technical examinations.

 

This was in fulfillment of his promise to ensure that the inmates of the centre-left it better citizens than they joined.

 

Handing over the cheque of (N1, 220, 000), One Million, Two Hundred and Twenty naira, for the Fifty-Four candidates, the Commissioner for Education Professor Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, pointed out that the gesture was in keeping with Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s resolve to make better citizens out of the inmates after service.

 

She enjoined the beneficiaries to make maximum use is the opportunity provided to better their lots.

 

Earlier, the Controller of Corrections, Anambra State Command, Usifo E, appreciated Governor Soludo for the material and financial donations to the Onitsha Custodial Center.

He also urged youths to desist from drugs and crime.

 

Dominica Nwabufo

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