The Nigerian Correctional Service has received a N500 million security sector grant.
This was released in a statement signed by the Assistant Superintendent of Corrections, Franca Awa, on Friday.
The fellowships are offered by the Abdulsamad Rabiu Program for Africa.
This is an initiative of Bua Group Chairman Abdulsalam Rabiu as part of her social development programme.
While presenting the check to Prison Superintendent Haliru Nababa at Abuja National Headquarters, Dr. Ubung Udo, the Initiative’s managing director and chief executive officer, said the organization was set up as a mission-driven vehicle of the chairman for Nigeria and Africa, and to create a platform where Nigerians and Africans can take responsibility for solving their own developmental problems by looking inward.
The initiative has three thematic areas including Health, Education and Social development.
NCoS through her rehabilitation and rehabilitation programs falls under the third subject area thus receiving the grant.
In his response, Nababa lauded the initiative and promised to judiciously use the grant as an intervention to improve the security of detention centers by adding another layer of technological surveillance, which would enhance the remote monitoring infrastructure.
CGC also said that the grant will provide equipment services to ensure that security solutions cover the range of Storage Centers and will reduce the possibility of further attacks.
During capacity building, more staff will benefit from quality training on how to effectively use IT solutions to move the service forward, which will improve staff morale.
Nababa further insisted that the image management of the service has not been left out as he promised to bring the efforts of CGC into the limelight through hi-tech equipment.
CGC promised to expand the service by using more technology to make the service at par with international correctional centers in developed countries.
