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From Isaac Job, Uyo
The Nigeria Bar Association’s Section of Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has said it would intervene for 115 inmates at Uyo correctional Centre who are in dire need of free legal services to regain their freedom.
Speaking during the commissioning and handing over of solar powered borehole donated to inmates at Uyo correctional Centre, the Chairperson of NBA SPIDEL and Associate professor Uju Agomoh while reacting to request to provide probono services to help inmates said the NBA will do everything possible to secure freedom for less privileged in the society
Agomoh collated data of inmates without legal representation and made formal presentation of solar-powered installed borehole which would also lit up clinic in the correctional facility
She expressed worries over reports of the prevailing water crisis at the centre and alerted her organization following request for intervention during a visit to the centre in December, this year.
“‘On that day the delegation of NBA-SPIDEL came to this facility following a week long conference that held here in Akwa Ibom State. On that day, we had the opportunity of interacting with both inmates and the staff, we spoke to both the females and the men.
” You will recall that the most important problem that the officer in-charge gave us was the fact that there is no water. He went ahead to explain why there was no water
”Whenever you want to solve a problem you must make an effort to understand the root cause of that problem because when you understand the root cause of any problem and you ensure that your intervention addresses that root cause, be rest assure that the intervention will have a long term
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” So the officer-in-charge said that the root cause is electricity and that they have been buying diesel and he was busy requesting for diesel and we wonder how many drums of diesel we will be able to provide for him to make the difference and we reasoned that it’s important to have a permanent solution “‘
On the 115 inmates, the chairperson promised to do the needful by ensuring that they get free legal support
”The officer-in-charge handed over to us a list of 115 inmates and we have taking hold of that list and we will do the needful ” she added
In his remarks, the Controller of Corrections, Akwa Ibom State command, Theophilus Okoka, appreciated NBA-SPIDEL for it concern to humanity noting that the intervention would address acute water shortage being experienced at the centre over the years
The officer-in-charge Uyo Custodial Centre, Dr Ezekiel Inyang also appreciated the organization for addressing the water scarcity at the centre and presented a list of `115 inmates without legal legal representation for intervention.
