33 inmates’ children get educational support in Kwara
No fewer that 33 children whose parents are incarcerated in Nigeria Correctional Centres in Kwara State have been offered educational support and mentoring. Chairperson of Prison Fellowship Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, Mrs. Adeola Ayano, said that about N500,000 are expended on the indigent and vulnerable children every year to cater for their needs. She spoke […]
One of the beneficiaries receiving his cash
No fewer that 33 children whose parents are incarcerated in Nigeria Correctional Centres in Kwara State have been offered educational support and mentoring.
Chairperson of Prison Fellowship Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, Mrs. Adeola Ayano, said that about N500,000 are expended on the indigent and vulnerable children every year to cater for their needs.
She spoke at the launch of Promise Path Education Programme for Indigent Children in Ilorin on Thursday.
Mrs. Ayano, who said that a sum of N12,000 was presented to each of the beneficiaries every year, added that the programme aimed at ensuring that “vulnerable children receive four essential support.
She said that the Promise Path, a mentoring and psycho-social support programme for vulnerable and at-risk-children, also aimed to draw attention to the plight of more than 10million out of school children in Nigeria and the need for all men and women of goodwill to do something about the problem.
Also speaking, the state programme coordinator, Mrs. Ajayi Adeola, said that Nigeria was reported to have the highest number of out of school children in sub-Saharan Africa with more than 10 million children of schooling age out of school.