The Kaduna State Government has promised to rehabilitate and empower all 39 released #EndBadGovernance protesters if they turn a new leaf and become responsible and law-abiding members of society.
Speaking to journalists shortly after receiving the victims, the Secretary to the State Governments, Abdulkadir Muazu said the state governor, Uba Sani, has directed him to receive the credentials of those who have completed their tertiary education.
“The governor promised that some of them will be given start-up capital to commence trading, others will be taught skills, and some will be given employment,’’ he added.
Mr Muazu, however, said that the government will be tracking the activities and conduct of all of them to ensure that they are of good behaviour “before these benefits will be extended to them.’’
Mr Muazu disclosed that the state government has taken the details of the released detainees, which include contact addresses, telephone numbers, and names of their next of kin, for easy tracking and monitoring.
According to him, the detainees were all medically examined and given psychosocial counselling on the need to change for the better in order to be useful to themselves and the society at large.
“Both Islamic and Christian religious leaders preached to them to embrace the teachings of their faiths and to avoid bad company, so as to benefit from God’s blessings here and in the hereafter,” the SSG added.
According to him, the detainees were given a telephone each because they lost their own during detention, and “the Governor has graciously given each of them N100,000 as a measure of goodwill.”
He added that the detainees have been transported back to their various homes.
