No fewer than 87 prison inmates in the Nasarawa State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service have been enrolled into various degree programmes at the National Open University of Nigeria. Controller of the command, Aliyu Yahuza, said this on Thursday in Lafia when Governor Abdullahi Sule paid a visit to the correctional facility. Yahuza said, “At the moment, we have 81 students seating for NABTEB examination and 87 inmates for various degree programmes at NOUN. Among the 87 inmates, we have eight of them studying for Master’s degree and one for PhD.”Sule lauded the management of the correctional facility for thenumerous programmes aimed at rehabilitating the inmates to make them better persons. Read AlsoHe promised to provide skill acquisition equipment for the inmates and advised them to desist from crimes.

Source: Punch July 01, 2021 23:26 UTC