Expert Advocates Setting Of Farms At Correctional Centers Across Nigeria

The founder, Hope Alive Training Academy and agriculture expert, Mrs Olutomi Olatoye has emphasized the need for the setting up of farms at correctional centers over the country.

She stated this while featuring as a guest speaker during the year 2022 annual conference of the Prison and Hospital Ministry of the Redeemed Christian Church of God with the theme:“Fresh Air For Freedom”, held at the Redemption Camp, off Lagos/Ibadan expressway, Ogun State.

Olatoye, who is also the founder of Centre for Urban Agricultural Development noted that more than ever before, Nigerians including prison inmates must begin to plant something to prevent hunger.

Listing the benefits of correctional farm centers, she said it would be a way of raising ‘farmers behind bars’, helping inmates acquire a skill for life after prison.

She said, a work and earn model could even be developed for the inmates through the correctional farms, adding that, inmates would learn handwork while raising their food and herbs on the farms, she stressed.

Olatoye, also advised members of the prison and hospital ministry to also grow their own food and herbs in their backyard to reduce the amount families spend on food.

She concluded by encouraging planting of fruit trees in all the correctional centers across Nigeria, stating that this will afford inmates to have access to fruits, while it will also help to boost their immunity.

Nigerian Tribune