The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi on Sunday attended a thanksgiving service held at the Nigerian Correctional Center, Onitsha, in Anambra State on Sunday.
Taking to his X handle to share photos from the visit, the former Anambra state governor expressed joy at being able to attend the Service to mark the end of the year.
Obi also reminded the inmates of the great future ahead of them if they work hard and become law-abiding.
He wrote, “I was happy to join our brothers and sisters at the Nigerian Correctional Center, Onitsha, today, for their Thanksgiving Church Service to mark the end of the year 2023.
“I appreciated God with them for the gift of life, irrespective of the many challenges faced through the year.”
“To the inmates, I reminded them that irrespective of their mistakes or reasons for their confinement, there is still a great future ahead of them if they trust in God, work hard, and become law-abiding.
“I was, however, deeply concerned that such a large number of youths in their productive years are confined in the correctional center, where they are largely unproductive.
“Many of the inmates are there as a result of the accumulated leadership failure in our country today. If we had a working society, we would not have such a huge number of our youths in different correctional facilities across the nation.
“We, the political leaders, must therefore begin to imbibe the spirit of sacrificial leadership to ensure that we build a progressive and secure nation where our youths will be productively engaged for the benefit of society.”
