Over 3,030 inmates across prisons are being equipped with skills. - Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo reveals.
The federal government rehabilitate over 3,030 inmates across prisons in the country and are the omission of equipping them with skills and vocations.
Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior has revealed this during a ministerial briefing organized by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation in Abuja yesterday. He also stated that the government has increased the security to ward of external attacks.
In his statement, he said: “3,030 inmates were rehabilitated between July and December 2024 in various vocational skills including: carpentry, tailoring, poultry, fishery, hairdressing and others.
“Violent extremist offenders, VEOs, were rehabilitated under the Dr radicalization Programme of the Nigerian Correctional Service within the last quarter of 2024.
“Over 50 inmates in the various prisons across the country are currently undertaking academic courses at the NOUN Special Study Centres.
“The Service empowered over 32 discharged inmates with after care materials to facilitate their reintegration back to the society in 2024.
“The Service has successfully emplaced measures to safeguard our prisons against external aggressions.”
He also disclosed that the Service has concluded arrangement with the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, for the inmates’ biometrics data capturing.
“Key accomplishments in this area include enhancement of communication systems, implementation of an advanced communication network to ensure seamless coordination during emergency operations, including the integration of Geographic Information System, GIS, technology for better incident mapping and response planning,’’ he said.
“Under his leadership, the ministry has undergone transformative changes that have significantly enhanced the ease and efficiency with which Nigerians engage with and access its services,” Idris said
