Christian Atsu renews his commitment to support the CCF project

By Morkporkpor Anku, GNA

Accra, March 24, GNA
– Midfielder Christian Atsu, Black Star and Newcastle have renewed their
commitment to support the second phase of the Petty Project of the Crime Check Foundation (CCF)
Offender Fund Project.

The second phase of
the project would allow the Foundation to reintegrate former detainees into the
Ghanaian company with the support of kind-hearted individuals like Atsu.

Mr. Ibrahim Oppong
Kwarteng, executive director of the CCF in an interview with GNA after a visit
to the Ghanaian footballer from his Newcastle base in the UK, said, Atsu has
agreed to support the Foundation in its second phase of the project.

He said with the
second phase, the Foundation would reintegrate former convicts into society
giving them vocational training and financial support to establish their own
trade, which would allow them to integrate properly.

Petty offenders
Fund Project, is a pool of resources used to pay the fines of individuals
languish in prison for minor offenses.

Until here with the
project, Atsu supported the release of 48 prisoners across the country
prisons.

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The director said: "We believe that such an intervention will greatly contribute to
to decongest prisons. "

He said with the
Renewed commitment of Atsu and other good Samaritans, the Foundation would like
continue to pay court fines for many juvenile offenders.

He said the efforts
allow these ex-detainees to find something to do so they do not reoffend
and be locked up in prison.

Non-custodial sentences
Bill, Mr. Kwarteng said that it was necessary that the bill become law
to ensure that juvenile offenders are sentenced to some form of prison
instead of throwing them in jail.

He said the addition,
once adopted, would allow persons convicted of small offenses to serve
communities to clean the streets and desiccate the gutters, among others.

"While a lot of advanced
countries have effectively integrated the convicted in their development program, our
prefers to store prisoners and use taxpayers' money to
feed them while garbage continues to engulf us as a nation, "he added.

GNA