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About 258 inmates of Gusau Medium Prison in Zamfara State have
completed studies in the recitation of the Holy Qur’an. Speaking at the
graduation ceremony on Sunday, the state’s prison controller, Abubakar
Falke, said most of the inmates spent between 9 and 12 years in the
prison. He said they were also trained in different trades, for them to
become self reliant after their jail terms. The controller, who said
that the Qur’anic recitation study was introduced to inculcate moral
behaviour in the inmates, added that 50 of them had indicated interest
to register with the National Open University.

He urged the state
government to pardon them because they had been rehabilitated and
acquired some skills to take care of themselves and urged the inmates
to be of good behaviour after serving their jail terms. In his remarks,
the state governor, Mahmud Shinkafi, directed the state attorney
general to review their files and advise the government accordingly.
Mr. Shinkafi commended the prison warders for introducing the
programme, which he said would go a long way in reducing the social
vices in the society. The wife of the state governor, Aisha Shinkafi,
donated some clothes and copies of the Holy Qur’an to each inmate. She
also gave N10,000 each to the 50 inmates who recorded outstanding
performance