The Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kurmawa, Kano, under its Inmates Continuing Education Centre (ICEC) has graduated a total of 38 inmates who sat for the 2023 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination as well as the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies examination respectively.
This is contained in a statement issued by SC Musbahu Lawan Kofar Nassarawa, the Service Public Relations Officer.
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According to the statement, the program is in view of rebranding and repositioning their lives to became productive to the larger society and to make the nation proud after serving their terms, in line with the Correctional Service Act 2019.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony held inside the facility, the Controller of Corrections Kano state command, Suleiman M. Inuwa appreciated the Controller General of Corrections for providing the enabling environment necessary for imparting knowledge in the inmates of Custodial Centers and preparing them for a better future.
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The Controller said that the Nigerian Correctional Service of today is quite different from the Nigerian Prisons Service of yesterday.
“This is because of the opportunity given to the inmates to pursue education. I hereby call on the graduates to leverage on this opportunity given them to transform themselves into better citizens. I also charged them to build on the acquired knowledge and further your education up to university level which is also possible in this custodial centre,” the Controller said.
Also, speaking, the Kano state Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa, appreciated the state government for its support to the service and pledged to settle the examination fees of the Inmates.
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He then charged the service to improve on reformation of inmates serving their terms in the prison.
On his part, the Deputy Controller of the service, Alhaji Muazu Tukur thanked the State Government, relevant NGOs, individual donors, and called the beneficiaries to utilize the opportunity in a positive way.
