Nigeria Prison Service promotes 11,000 officers, to recruit 6,000

Controller General of the Nigeria Prison Service (CGP) Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed has disclosed that over 11,000 officers have been promoted as part of efforts to boost the morale of the rank and file.
Ahmed stated this at a workshop on Information Management for Command Officers and Public Relations Officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service in Kaduna.
“I am glad to disclose that the Nigerian Prisons Service(NPS) has promoted over 11,000 Personnel to boost staff morale and their productivity.
“We have also compiled the list of qualified officers for the next promotion exercise which is coming out soon,” he said.
He noted that the Federal Government has included the plan to recruit 6,000 officers and men to boost the capacity of the service in achieving its statutory mandates in 2018 budget.
Ahmed said the goal of the Nigerian Prisons Service under his leadership is to have a system that provides conditions of imprisonment above the minimum standard prescribed by the United Nations, stating that recent developments attest to this drive.

“It is relevant to state that within 2 years of my stewardship as the Controller-General of Prisons, we have taken active steps to provide operational vehicles in order to improve access to justice for those awaiting trial; significantly improved on the quality of prison cells by renovating old ones and constructing new ones where space allows.
“We have embarked on office and barrack renovations; procured large quantity of assorted drugs, the type the Service has not had in a long while, and distributed them to prison formations and also purchased sundry items to make life better for the inmates.
“The ailing farm centres are also being revived through procurement of machineries to improve inmates’ training and increase productivity”, he assured.