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The Ogun State Controller of Corrections, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Kamarudeen Adesina, has disclosed that 74 inmates of the Old Ibara Custodian Centre are presently sitting for assorted examinations wrong the facility.
Adesina noted that 32 are presently sitting for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), portion 42 are presently penning their last Diploma, Bachelor of Arts and Masters introspection successful Theology.
The Controller, who spoke with newsmen on Wednesday, thanked the Federal Government for their effort truthful acold and the Ogun State Government for approving the introspection centre astatine the Ibara custodian center.
He called for a much conducive learning situation and the proviso of instrumentality for inmates pursuing education, noting that contempt the governments efforts, correctional facilities successful the authorities are inactive battling respective challenges.
“We are inactive faced with a batch of challenges. On logistics, bulk of our vehicles are not successful bully condition. So we are pleading to the authorities government, individuals and non-governmental organisations to assistance us.
He added that h2o proviso was besides inadequate arsenic the existing borehole could not conscionable request with the rising inmate population. “If you spell to different centres similar Ilaro, Oba, Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode, everyplace is the aforesaid thing,” he...
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