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The Nigerian Correctional Service, Lagos State Command has expressed its readiness to partner with public spirited organisations in providing reformatory and rehabilitative platform to inmates in the Custodial Centers in Lagos State.
This declaration was made during a courtesy visit by a team from Creditswitch, a leading Value-Added service provider in the Telecom and IT industry space in Nigeria to the Lagos State Command Headquarters, Nigerian Correctional Service. The Creditswitch team was comprised of four members, Michael Elue Chief Information Officer, Enitan Kuton, Head of marketing and communications, Olukayode Salabiu, Brand Manager, and Biobele Lawson, Head of legal and corporate service and was received by the Public Relation Officer, Chief Superintendent Rotimi Oladokun.
The PRO, on behalf of the Command thanked Creditswitch for the partnership with the service and the show of love and compassion to the inmates by their donation of educational materials and laptop computers to the NCoS. Creditswitch had also facilitated the registration of 22 inmates for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination 2022.
Rotimi stated that the donated items will be put to judicious use by the inmates to improve and develop their capacity while in custody. He equally solicited further engagement by Creditswitch with the NCoS to spread this humanitarian gesture to more inmates. As of 1 April 2022, there are over 8,000 inmates in our Custodial Centers in the state.
Enitan Kuton thanked the PRO for the warm reception and stated that Creditswitch will equally investigate other areas to deepen and improve this partnership with the NCoS. She stated that Creditswitch is committed towards deploying its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives towards touching lives without distinction as to status or social class of vulnerable members of the society as this is part of delivering on its organization’s brand philosophy ‘’to go the extra mile.’
Our Corporate Social Responsibility reflects our commitment of love for humanity and influencing the community we operate in positively. We strive to be socially responsible throughout our business activities, and one way we do this is by helping rehabilitate and reskill inmates, give them a second chance at life, Brand Manager, Olukayode Salabiu said in a statement’’.
The Nigerian Correctional Service is statutory saddled with the responsibility of providing reformation, rehabilitation and re-integration trainings and opportunity to persons remanded in custody through majorly. educational and vocational platforms.
