Church Treats 300 Inmates of Kuje Correctional Service Centre

The medical team of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David has provided medical treatment to 300 inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service custodial centre in Kuje, FCT.

According to the head of the medical team, Dr Theophilus Ado, the medical intervention became urgent due to the gap created by the ongoing rehabilitation of the centre’s medical facility.

He said due to the discovery of many skin diseases at the centre, the team also decided to advised the management on more ventilation, clean water supply and sanitary condition to minimise the spread of such infections.

He said the team also treated inmates with high blood pressure, fever and respiratory ailments while those with more serious ailments were referred to the management for more action.

Earlier, the Pastor-in-Charge of the church, Gbolade Okenla said the programme was all about complying with the injunction by Christ to love and care for one’s neighbours and the vision of the Heneral Overseer, E.A. Adeboye to conduct regular Christian Social Responsibility (CSR).

“People need us (as religious bodies), we want the federal government to do more, we can see a lot of construction going on but a lot needs to be done,” he said.

A representative of the Officer-in-Charge of the custodial centre, Chief Superintendent Afolabi expressed gratitude to the church for attending to the inmates in the facility while requesting the support of more religious bodies.

In her comments, the minister in charge of prisons in the church, Oluwabunmi Apata said the 300 inmates attended to, out of 900, was like wetting the ground, pledging that the church would return with more welfare package.