*Urges 'national interest' consideration from media As part of an effort to fully implement the Nigerian Correctional Service, , Act of 2019, which repeals the Prison Act of 2004, Controller General of their Service, Haliru Nababa, has said that treatment of the 74,824 inmates across all custodial centers has shifted from punitive to corrective and…
He said the service is undergoing a lot of changes in line with the dictates of the new Act and one of the recent is the rolling out of new uniforms for both personnel and inmates of various cadre. The CG who was represented by his Principal Staff Officer, Mamman Salisu, called on the media to support the agency by spotlighting improvement and milestones attained by the NCoS, seeking clarification on contentious issues even as it makes consideration of national interest while reporting issues of security concerns.