Enugu Frees 25 Prison Inmates
• We Put Our People First In Everything We Do, Says Umahi
T Ocommemorate the first anniversary of June 12, Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi pardoned twentyfive inmates of Enugu, Nuskka and Oji River Correctional Centers.
Secretary to the State government, Simon Ortuanya, disclosed that their pardon was sequel to the recommendation of the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, and in exercise of the powers conferred on the governor. Those that benefitted are Egwu Chukwuebuka, Anthony Ejiogu, Chibuzo Ugwu, Ikechukwu Elom, Ejike
Anigbo, Ozioma Onuegbu, Chukwu Francis, Ifebuche Nwafor, Nnaji Uchenna, Sunday Michael, Kingsley Onyebuchi, Ikechukwu Ogbu, Chinonso Obinna, Godwin Nwafor, Onuh Emmanuel, Oluchukwu Nwobodo, Ebuka Ozoemena, Nwaokoro Ikechukwu and Bitrus Destiny. Others are Ejike Solomon Eke, Odo Sunday, Ede Ekene, Itodo Chiegonu and Ifeanyi Azegbe, for Nsukka Correctional Centre, and Obi Simon.
Also, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, said democracy was peoplecentered and his government puts the people first in everything they do.
In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Francis Nweze, he called for
ASpart of its efforts to assist the Bayelsa State Government reduced the increasing maternal mortality rate, a United Kingdombased organisation, Mariestopes, has donated drugs worth millions of naira to help check further deaths. Among the drugs donated to the state are Misoclear, a high quality effective and misoprosol that offers safe and greater collaboration and synergy between the people and government, stressing that faith, courage, team spirit, and patriotism are critical drivers for its actualisation. effective treatment for preventing heavy bleeding ( postpartum hemorrhage) after childbirth.
Presenting the drugs to government officials at the Ministry of Health, Mariestopes’ Regional Manager, South- South, Mary Ogholi, said the drugs was donated to save the life of women, especially in the rural communities, who cannot afford them.