A Business coach and real estate entrepreneur, Olufemi Olumide, has extended hands of support to inmates at some correctional centres in Lagos State.
This gesture, in commemoration of his 40th birthday, was a week-long impact project focused on the rehabilitation and empowerment of incarcerated individuals and juveniles across the state.

The initiative themed: “Impact Driven Life, Impact Over Party, began on Thursday, June 12, with a visit to the Juvenile Correctional Centre for Boys, where Olumide, family and friends were warmly received. He engaged the boys in an uplifting session focused on hope, personal responsibility, and the reasons to live an impact driven life.

During the visit, the team donations – 130 packs of cooked meals, gift packs including toiletries, books focused on self development for kids and teens, were coordinated by his wife, Tricia.

The highlight of the outreach came on Saturday, June 14 — Olumide’s 40th birthday, as he visited the Kirikiri Female Correctional Centre, where he spoke to over 150 inmates, sharing the impact driven life message, followed with the distribution of foodpacks donated by Luchy Foods and Firewood Rice Nigeria. Other donations were soda drinks, sanitary towels, toiletries, as well as loaves of bread and clothing gathered from the clothes drive.

However, due to a heavy downpour, access to the general Male Correctional Centre was restricted under the facility’s “no-release during rain” policy. Despite this, donations were made while the remaining materials were held in preparation for a rescheduled visit in the coming month.

Speaking during the event, Olumide said: “Turning 40 was a gift. But the real celebration was seeing smiles, hearing laughter, and planting seeds of hope where they’re needed most. This isn’t the end — we will do more.”

The project was supported in kind and cash by over 20 individual donors, in partnership with a Non-profit organisation – CELSIR coordinated by Mrs Joke Aladesanmi; Dr. Francis Adeshina and Dr. Temiloluwa Adeshina of Readland Global.

The next phase of the project was the launch of the Olufemi Olumide Foundation (TOOF), focused on long-term reform, education, mentoring and reintegration of underserved youths.

“At 40, I chose to plant seeds of hope instead of planning a party. I believe TOOF will continue this mission on a much larger scale,” Olumide said.