By Olayemi Esan, Abuja
The Controller-General of Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, on Wednesday, distributed dozens of aftercare materials to a cross section of discharged inmates.
Various formations of Correctional Service also received assorted drugs, during the event which held at its national headquarters in Abuja.
Performing the symbolic presentation to ex-offenders, Nababa explained that the scheme enjoys premium attention from the Service.
“This is so, for the singular reason that it is key to the realisation of one of our core mandates; which is the reformation, rehabilitation and subsequent re-integration of inmates back to the society,” he said.
According to the CG, several workshops have been built; those moribund resuscitated; farm centres supplied with tractors and other sophisticated Agric machinery.
He also disclosed that; 3 Modern Bakeries were established at Oko Custodial Centre in Benin, as well as Dukpa and Kujama Farm Centres in FCT and Kaduna in a bid to revamp vocational skill acquisition across the NCoS’ custodial facilities.
Nababa promised to sustain the trend through value addition and continued collaboration with relevant stakeholders to churn out viable training regimes for inmates in education, agriculture and sundry vocations.
CG Nababa assured that he will follow through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for the NCoS Shoe and Garment factory in Aba Custodial Centre and Leather Factory in Kano Custodial Centre to further strengthen the capacity of the Correctional Service in preparing inmates for better life after serving their various sentences.
The Corrections boss distributed trade tools for tailoring, barbing, carpentry, welding, hairdressing and laundry at the event.
He called on the beneficiaries to justify government's huge investments in providing the distributed tools by working hard and being worthy ambassadors of the NCoS and never returning to the way of crime.