When Philanthropy Cements Politics: How Senator Izunaso’s birthday outreach restores hope to prison inmates, less privileged

For   many politicians, birthdays mean cakes, canopies, and chieftaincy titles. But for Senator Osita Izunaso, it means going to where hope is scarce -the prisons, the hospital, and the homes of persons with disabilities.
It was not different on Friday, October 24, 2026, at his Ohakpu country home in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. While friends gathered to mark his 60th birthday, the senator representing Imo West at the National Assembly was counting his gifts to the needy, instead of the birthday gifts he would receive from the rich.
“I will secure the release of 12 prisoners from Imo Correctional Centre tomorrow and offer free medical treatment to 700 inmates,” he an...