Correctional Service Implements New Law, Trains Officers

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has commenced the implementation of the new law signed by President Muhammadu Buhari last year, which changed the name from ‘Prisons’ to ‘Correctional.’

The Controller General of NCoS, Mr. Ja’afaru Ahmed, disclosed this yesterday at the opening of a three-day training of trainers’ course on

Non-Custodial Measures, as part of input to human development of the men and officers of the service held at the Correctional Armed Squad Training, Owerri, the Imo State capital.

Ahmed said that the service had gone into another stage of expanding training of its officers so as to get them abreast of the contents of the new law.

The NCoS boss was represented by the Zonal Coordinator in charge of Zone

E, ACG Ifeanyi Isaiah Amaliri whose oversight functions cover six states of Imo, Abia, Cross River, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa.

He disclosed that the training was an effort to professionalise the NCoS , adding that the new law does not restrict the activities of the services to a particular sector in implementing the non-custodial measures.

According to him, “you are aware that we have changed name from Prisons to Corrections, the act was signed into law by Mr. President in July last year and the Controller General did not waste time in operationalising the law, making sure that the contents of that law is already being implemented because it has changed our status quo and scope and area of coverage. It has also expanded our base of oversight.”