Nigeria To “Re-Position” Corrections: Minister
The Nigerian Minister of Interior Major General Godwin Abbe has said that the federal government is repositioning the country’s prison system to act as true agents of correction and reformation. Reported by All-Africa.com.
Major General Abbe who made this statement at the opening of African Regional Workshop on Prisons and Corrections in Abuja said a systematic improvement on the physical infrastructure has commenced so that many of the cells reflecting colonial past will give way between now and 2011. He said human capacity development and procurem-ent of materials for the educational and vocational training of inmates have also begun, while After Care Centres have been establi-shed across the country with the mandate of equipping and supervising discharged inmates so that they could be economically productive and independent as they return to freedom.