The National Lottery Authority’s (NLA) Good Causes Foundation has commissioned a smart laboratory for the Senior Correctional Centre at Dzorwulu.

The smart lab has been equipped with 50 tablets, a projector, and a number of laptops that would suffice all teachers at the Centre.

According to Director-General of the NLA, Sammy Awuku, the facility will “enhance inmates' learning skills and help them better integrate into society.”

smart laboratory for the Senior Correctional Centre at Dzorwulu

This is not the first time the Authority has been generous to the Centre as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

In August 2022, the Good Causes Foundation of the National Lottery Authority in partnership with Coral Reef provided some 20 tablets to enhance teaching and learning at the facility.

The Good Causes Foundation was established by the NLA, under the tutelage of Mr Sammi Awuku, to aid communities in need of portable water, health facilities, and maternity wards, among other things.

testing out the new laptops

Mr Awuku has time without number noted that he “want to be remembered as a Director-General who championed good cause.”

“What we get after paying out our salaries, contributing to the Consolidated Fund, paying our operational costs, what is left should not be squandered by the NLA or be used for other extravagant activities, but should go into supporting good causes,” he revealed to The Independent Ghana during an interview.

The Authority was the brand sponsor for Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak for the year 2021/2022 football season.

excited about the new smart lab

Meanwhile, the National Lottery Authority has pledged GH¢10 million to the government’s YouStart programme, which aims to help small business owners grow their operations and create one million new jobs.

Source: The Independent Ghana