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Donation
By Sunday John
Lafia, June 11, 2017 (NAN) The Nasarawa State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Sunday donated drugs, clothing materials and toiletries to inmates of Federal Prison, Lafia.
Presenting the items, Executive Secretary of the Board, Mr Abubakar Nalaraba, said the gesture was to enable the inmates benefit from the blessings of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
Nalaraba said that the gift was also in response to an earlier visit to the Board by the Nasarawa State Comptroller of Prisons, where he solicited for partnership.
“We have entered into partnership with the authorities of the Prison Service in the state will continue to assist to enhance the welfare of inmates,” Nalaraba said.
Mr Ekwere Ekanem, Nasarawa state Comptroller of Prisons who received the items, thanked the Board for the gesture and promised to use them for the purpose they were given.
Ekanem, who was represented at the occasion by Obeten Otor, Deputy Superintendent of Prisons, appealed to other public- spirited individuals and organisations, to also assist the inmates. (NAN)
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