The director, who was represented by the Kuje Prison study co-ordinator, Mrs. Modupe Adesina, disclosed this during the finals of the NOUN football competition held at the prisons sports complex in Kuje, Abuja.
The competition was to mark the final examinations of the third academic session of the FCT inmates.
After the keenly competed event, which saw the highly populated inmate clubside team Barcelona FC winning 2:0 against the staff-studded Controller of Prisons Team, the centre director advised the inmates to eschew violence in this yuletide season.
He further advised the inmates to use the opportunity of the Christmas season as a period for sober reflection, a time to get closer to God and also prepare for the next academic session.
According to the statement by the NPS spokesman, FCT Command, Chukwudo Humphrey, the Controller of Prisons FCT Command, Daniel Odharo, who was represented by Akilu Abdullahi, appreciated the efforts of the National Open University in giving the inmates 100 rebate on school fees.
He added that the rebate has boosted the zeal of the inmates to study.
He further disclosed that on the first year of introduction of the Open University programme in Kuje Prison, only 10 students registered adding that: “During the second year, the prisoners were given half rebate on fees and 15 students registered. But when there was total rebate, 33 inmates registered. This has made it 58 inmates of Kuje prisons studying different courses ranging from Law to Mass Communication; Peace and Conflict Resolution to Religious studies among many others.”
Source: The Nation
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