No fewer than 400 bags of rice and other palliatives have been distributed to inmates in Anambra State by the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF).
The distribution of food items to all correctional centres in the State by the Foundation is in continuation of his humanitarian gestures towards alleviating the prevailing economic hardship of the less privileged.
Items distributed to the inmates included 400 bags of 25kg rice; 1,000 cartons of Indomie brand of noodles and 50 cartons of Izal disinfectant.
Speaking during the distribution at Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the State, Chief of Staff to Offor, AIG (rtd), Mr Chris Ezike, described the gesture as a sign of concern and remembrance of challenged persons, including the incarcerated.
He recalled that the Foundation had last week distributed 40,000 bags of rice to indigents and vulnerable in society, especially widows in 179 communities in the State during the 65th birthday celebration of the founder.
Ezike said, “Sir Emeka Offor didn’t stop at that, he has looked around and directed his attention to where the delinquents are warehoused.
“If you have people who have committed offences, they go through the legal system, go through the administrative justice system and you either remand them or jail them.
“You send them to what we now know as correctional centres where they are supposed to be reformed and become better citizens.
“It has pleased the Foundation and Sir Emeka Offor to also extend magnanimity, uncommon generosity to the correctional services in Anambra State”.
For Sir Offor, the Foundation decided to look at the direction of the correctional centres for the first time to give them a sense of belonging.
“The best we can do is to support them materially. This is a new beginning, a new chapter. We have not been extending our hands of fellowship to the correctional centres”.
