THE Anambra State Government has procured a piece of land in Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area of the state for the construction of children’s prison.

The institution, it was gathered, would serve as a correctional home for persons in conflict with the law.

This is coming barely a week after the National Human Rights Commission raised the alarm that no fewer than 523 children were languishing in various (adult) prisons in the state.


Speaking during an inspection tour and handover of the property to the state government by the Umunze community, the Commissioner for Children and Women’s Affairs, Ndidi Mezue, expressed gratitude to the community for providing the land.

She also thanked Josephine Onah of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption of the European Union for initiating the process of securing the site.


Assuring government’s partnership with RoLAC in developing the project, Mezue assured that her ministry would soon clear the site to begin perimeter fencing of the facility.

She said she would involve other ministries that would have roles to play in the development of the physical structure at the centre as well as set up a committee that would plan the development of the facility and forward reports to Governor Willie Obiano for implementation.


According to Mezue, the correctional facility would provide a proper place for rehabilitating minors who were often picked up on the streets or found guilty of a crime by courts in the state.

“Before now, we have been having issues with where to keep young ones, who had been found guilty of crimes or picked on the streets.


“We used to put them in our orphanage at Awka, but it is not enough. So, we really appreciate the people of Umunze for donating this place and we will make the best of it,” Mezue said.

The State Programme Coordinator of RoLAC, Josephine Onah, said the initiative was part of the European Union’s programmes for rights of children, women and the disabled.


She said it was during an interactive session with Presidents-General of the communities in Anambra State that she sensitised them on the need to provide land for building a correctional centre to take care of cases of those in conflict with the law (children offenders below 18 years of age).

Onah added, “We brought our consultant who, after studying the land, came up with a recommendation that the place was suitable for the centre.”


RoLAC Consultant, Dr Ifediora Orakwe, on his part, said the centre would be a school and skill acquisition centre for minors, who might have committed crime as a result of peer group influence and could be easily rehabilitated to become functional members of the society.

Speaking, the President General of the community, John Akanyeonu, said the community resolved to donate the piece of land as part of its contribution towards the development strides of the Willie Obiano administration

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The full country na prison already na

What a project. Nonsense and ingredients

Curb them young!
Peculiarly needed because of .....

Make I no talk abeg, Children prison

Wonderful

Is a correctional home....
For. Minors....


That's nice/ good.....

Is still done this way in america

In lucky Dube's voice : they won't build no schools anymore, all they build will be prison prison.



Misplaced priorities by a government headed by a drunkard. The igbo youths who ought to chastise their leaders and demand for quality leadership are all over the social media monitoring Osun elections and Computer village Iyaloja as if Yoruba affairs has any positive effects on their erosion ravaged region. This same anambra state is almost washed away by erosion but building children's prison is the best Obiano can offer them despite outcries from igbo sons like Joe igbokwe over the impending doom . Zik must be farting in his grave

Yes ooo biafra children wildlings

Prison for children


Correcttional center would have been more appropriate

Chai....



This country is finished, as in finito , as in ........

children prison in the pride of some people.... so e don worst reach that level.they no longer wait till adulthood b4 starting their known biz. I laugh in Chinese

They’ll build no schools anymore, all they build will be prison prison

*The news headline reads, Anambra Govt signs into law Burial.ceremony bill.

*Anambra Goverment to Build Children Hospital PRISON.

*Bayelsa law makers to get life pension.



Southwest yoruba people minds their business, Hausa/Fulani dont bother commenting, everyone respects True Federalism.



However should the Headline Reads Kano Goverment Sponsors the Marriage of 1500 less previledge.

Or

Ondo state Governor visits Bola ahmed Tinubu in ikoyi lagos



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Please call it correctional facility instead of prison !

Prison bawó


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Peter Obi's children first.

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Correctional home should have been better. Not bad anyway. I just wonder another billions of naira contracted for this for something not more than few million naira.

rattlesnake:
Yes ooo biafra children wildlings

future p0rnstars

tunjiajayi:
Curb them young!
Peculiarly needed because of .....

Your point is loud and clear.Their predisposition to criminality should be addressed from an early age.

You see them? Instead of building schools or craft centres for our children, they're building PRISONS.

Since "I" started fasting today... Nairaland seems refined..

No jobs
No osu
No Jews
No af-onja
No fla-thead
No almajiri
No curses and insults..

Could it be that "i" quote themselves to bring up tribal hates?

vVera:
porn is better than Skull mining

shut up


future biafran children

this is why they need the prison

This title did not do justice to the body of the article. This is more of a correction facility for minors. Even if it's a prison, if you do the crime then you should do the time. It's good to separate underage criminals from adults same way you separate sexes.