As part of the International Women’s Day (IWD) celebration, My Take Initiative, a civil society organisation in collaboration with the Correctional Service Committee of International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA Nigeria Abuja branch, took access to justice to Keffi Correctional facility in Nasarawa state on the 13th of March, 2024.
Executive Director of My Take Initiative and Chairperson of the Correctional Service Committee, Dr. Rosemary Chikwendu, FIDA Abuja Branch Chair, Ms. Chibuzor M. Nwosu and Barr. Tobenna Erojikwe, Chair of NBA-ICLE who also joined the team, brought succor to female and male inmates alike.
In the course of the legal clinic, the team identified inmates who were serving various sentences including those sentenced with the option of fine and took over their matter.
My Take Initiative sponsored and championed the visit.
Thereafter, the team paid fines for two female inmates who were behind bars because they could not afford the fine, while Tobenna Erojikwe paid fines for seven male inmates.
The inmates were also gifted with bathing soap, detergent, other toiletries, bathroom slippers, some bags of rice and more.
