By Emmanuel Nyatsikor, GNA
Ho, Dec. 1, GNA – The Ho East Presbytery Presbyters Union of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPCG) Thursday presented assorted items to the inmates of Ho Central Prisons.
The items worth about GHC10,000 include bags of sugar, rice, maize, gari and frytol, palm oil, detergents and used clothings.
Presbyter Angelica Attakey, President of the Union, presenting the items reminded the inmates of the Prison that all hope was not lost and advised them to look up to the Lord Jesus Christ and held fast to him.
She said to some of them the furure might look bleak “but I want to remind you that many great men including President Nelson Mandela were once prisoners but God took them out of the Prisons and made them to become a beacon of hope to others.
“Being in prison is not the end of your lives so do not despair but surrender your lives to Jesus Christ for your lives to be transformed,” she advised.
Presbyter Mrs. Attakey said the Union was moved by the plight of the inmates who she said might be going through very difficult times, to contribute their widow’s mite to help minimize their suffering.
She called on the populace to stop the stigmatization of prison graduates but help them to integrate into society, adding “everybody is a potential prisoner so we need to show them compassion.”
Mr. Francis Dotsey, Deputy Commander of the Ho Central Prisons, who received the items on behalf of the facility was full of praise for the Union.
He said the Prisons Service was struggling to feed their inmates on the GHC1.80 pesewas allocated by the government to each Prisoner per day and said the donation came at the opportune time.
Mr. Dotsey called on faith based and other organizations and philanthropists to emulate the shining example of the Union.
The inmates showed their gratitude for the visit and the donation by entertaining members of the Union with a lively Borborbor band.
GNA