Mr Osei-Bobbie (Right) presenting the items to officials of the female prison
The Director for the Centre of Natural Science, Olympiad, Fredrick Osei-Bobbie has advised inmates of the Sekondi Female Prison in the Western Region not to saddle themselves with grief but rather, be encouraged that God could salvage their situation.
He also advised the inmates to study the word of God for a total transformation in their lives before they are released from the prison.
The philanthropist gave the advice when he, his wife and other family members donated cooked food and drinks to the 21 female inmates at the Sekondi Central Prisons on Good Friday.
He promised to continually visit the inmates and donate more items to them.
He disclosed that he would soon purchase two flat-screen television sets for the inmates to make them feel as part of society and that his sister in abroad was also preparing to donate blankets to each of the inmates.
He appealed to the female prisoners to reflect soberly on their situation in the hope that God would use them as special vessels to propagate the gospel.
He told the inmates that he had also given money to help put into proper shape, a structure meant to be used as a salon to train the inmates to acquire skills in hairdressing.
Receiving the items, Chief Supt. Hannah Hilda Ewoame expressed her heartfelt gratitude to Mr Osei-Bobbie for the gesture.
She called on society to complement government’s effort by contributing towards the upkeep of prison inmates to complete their sentence since the GH?1.80 per day for meals for each of the inmates was not enough.
She also appealed to government and other public-spirited organisations to donate more drugs to augment the First Aid Box to cater for the health needs of the inmates.
Chief Supt. Ewoame appealed to family members who neglect their relatives in prison to halt the practice and visit them regularly with personal effects and make them feel as part of them.
She also appealed to the general public to stop tagging freed prisoners as ex-convicts but rather accept them and provide them with the necessities of life to help them reform totally.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Sekondi