The founder and Chief Executive Officer of ABU Mmaduaburochukwu Foundation, a non-profit organization in Nigeria, Chief Abuchi Attah, has called on both private and public organizations, and well-to-do individuals to enhance the social life of people around them, to make life less difficult for them.
The young business tycoon cum philanthropist, who hailed from Umuzuocha Awka, made the call when he secured the release of inmates totaling 10, from both Amawbia and Onitsha Custodial Centres of the Nigerian Correctional Service, in celebration of his birthday, on Thursday.
Beginning the visitation with some members of the foundation, Chief Attah sought the face of God by visiting retired Rev. fathers at the Priests Welfare Home in Awka, for God’s benevolence.
The group, who first visited the Onitsha Custodial Centre and then Amawbia, came bearing plenty of food parks, tissues papers, and other items to the centres.
Speaking during the exercise, Chief Attah said it has remained a tradition for him to facilitate the release of inmates with lesser or minor crimes, whose freedom had been stalled by their inability to pay for their bail bonds in various correctional Centres in the country.
He noted that his foundation has layers of activities for the released inmates, which include rehabilitating them, providing medical services based on their needs, and establishing them to make sure they are busy.
“I want to advise the lucky inmates who are mostly youths to imbibe the culture of hard work and abstain from acts capable of truncating their future.
“Youths are the bedrock of every nation, so you should live in the fear of God and engage in programs that would give you a guaranteed future.
“I want to assure that my company would continue to live up to its corporate social responsibilities as part of its commitments to the service of humanity not minding where the beneficiary is from,” he said.
Speaking with journalists, one of the released inmates, Rebecca Danjuma, who commended the foundation for the kind gesture, said, “It is only God that can help and bless them.
“They came to my life at the point of need and God will come to their life at the point of their need.
“May God continue blessing them. I don’t know them but God knows them.”
The philanthropist rounded his visitations to the Custodial Centres, with an exciting moment with a large number of beggars who had gathered at Amaku General Hospital entrance, to celebrate with their benefactor of many years.
