5 ACGs, 63 other senior officers redeployed as Prisons effect major shake-up

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5 ACGs, 63 other senior officers redeployed as Prisons effect major shake-up

A major re-deployment of senior officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) nationwide has been approved by the Controller-General of Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed.
The posting letter issued on Monday has the Directorate of Inmates’ Training and Productivity now headed by ACG, E. O. Ogundele, mni. He takes over from ACG Ali Bala Salihi, mni, who has been retired from service.

ACG Musa Usman from Zone ‘D’ Minna now heads the Directorate of Administration and Supply, while ACG Charles Ahaotu takes over the Directorate of Works and Logistics.

ACG Shehu Kangiwa heads the Directorate of Finance and Budget, while ACG Musa Salami from Zone ‘C’ Bauchi superintendents over Health and Social Welfare Directorate. The Operations Directorate is now headed by ACG Etsu Ubi, fdc.

Other senior officers affected include 6 Zonal Coordinators, 25 State Controllers and 32 officers in-charge of different prison formations across the country.

Prisons spokesman, DCP Francis Enobore, in a statement quoted the Prisons boss as saying that the shake-up became necessary to inject fresh orientation in the workforce, reduce idleness and truancy particularly at the the National Headquarters in order to enhance efficiency.

Continuing, the statement added that “The era where officers spend their entire work life in one location and on a particular post was over.

“Such practice does not allow for sustenance of security in the prison yard and also negates sound understanding of the dynamics of penal management that is needed to make a difference in the life of offenders”.