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 center 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 center’s medical facility.
He said due to the discovery of many skin diseases at the center, the team also decided to advise the management on more ventilation, clean water supply, and sanitary conditions to minimize 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.
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Earlier, the Pastor-in-Charge of the church, Gbolade Okenla said the program was all about complying with the injunction by Christ to love and care for one’s neighbors and the vision of the General 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 center, 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, out of 900, was like wetting the ground, pledging that the church would return with more welfare package.
