Ahmed said this on Thursday at the 1st Democracy Lecture series at the Faculty of Arts Lecture Theatre, University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, organised by the Department of History and Diplomatic studies of the institution.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 8th Advance Command Course for the Controllers of Prisons was held at the NPS Academy, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State.
The Prison boss said that the screening exercise should be conducted for detecting physical and mental problems and drug abuse.
The Secretary of INEC in Kebbi State, Alhaji Bello Magaji Isah, made the disclosure during a visit to the Controller of Prisons in Kebbi State, Mallam Sani Adamu Potiskum, in Kebbi
He said with the elevation, the yoke of stagnation of personnel in the service had been broken and urged the beneficiaries to live up to the expectation of their new status.
Ahmed disclosed this to newsmen after an inspection of facilities in Ikot Ekpene Prisons on Friday
The Controller General of the Service, Jaafaru Ahmed, made the disclosure at the quarterly meeting of the Penal Reform Media Network in Lagos.
Ahmed, who received an Award of Icon of Crisis Management in Nigeria from the Centre of Crisis Communication, stated this at a workshop on Information Management for Command Officers and Public Relations Officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service holding in Kaduna
They were found guilty of trafficking (smuggling) prohibited items such as mobile phones, India hemp and other intoxicating substances into the prison yard for inmates.
The Controller General of Nigerian Prison Service, Jaafaru Ahmed, made the disclosure in an interview with the Economic Confidential
Oluwasemire spoke on Monday during the decoration of 71 newly promoted officers and men of the service in Osun State
Ahmed cited the example of a best graduating student in the National Open University of Nigeria and many inmates that obtained outstanding distinctions in National Common Entrance Examinations of WAEC and NECO
The dismissal letters, dated August 12, 2016, were signed by the Secretary to the Board, Alhaji A. A. Ibrahim
The decision to retire the senior prisons officers was taken by the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board at an emergency meeting held on June 27, 2016