Tunde Oyekola
The Kwara State Government in collaboration with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has empowered 34 children who have been in remand home for different alleged crimes in the state.
Speaking at the event held at the state banquet hall, Ilorin on Friday, Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq said that the empowerment programme was for the second batch of ex-convicts released from Borstal Training Institution, Ganmo in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state between April 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023.
Represented at the event by the Commissioner for Special Duties, John Bello, the governor said, “A total of 103 adolescents who had been convicted of theft and rape were released. Out of them, 65 were assessed while 30 were empowered.
“Today, UNICEF is empowering an additional 34 ex-convicts in 18 different skills. This is to reintegrate them back into society”, the governor added.
Representative of the UNICEF, Dr Wilfred Mamman, who appreciated the role played by the state government in re-integrating the children back into society, charged the children to be brave, bold and unbroken as the future holds more prospects for them despite being “detained for committing no offence”.
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