The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) said it has obtained waiver from the Federal Government to employ 6,545 staff members in different cadre of the service.
Comptroller General (CG), NPS, Mr Jaffaru Ahmed made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja during the 2017 budget defence in the House of Representatives.
Ahmed explained that the service had inadequate personnel, which prompted the waiver for employment, saying that N6 billion has been earmarked for it.
On the 2017 budget the CG said that N72.3 billion was proposed out of which N37.5 was earmarked for personnel with N19 billion for overhead and N16 billion for feeding of inmates and dogs.
He said that the service would embark on mechanised agriculture to enable prisoners produce enough food to feed themselves, saying that this would reduce high financial burden laid on the Federal Government.
According to him, the service spends over N16 billion each year to feed about 72,000 inmates in the country.
Ahmed added that in 2016 fiscal year, the NPS had an outstanding of N5 billion owed contractors for the feeding of prisoners.
“We intend to set up specialised farm centres to train prisoners towards boosting food production and make prisoners able to feed themselves.”
He stated that although prison was not a revenue generating agency, yet the service was able to generate about N40.1 million in 2016 which had been paid into the national treasury.
Ahmed said that the service was not allowed to retain any of its revenue unless it was generated from the Prison Industry or workshop, where the inmates were directly involved.
The CG also disclosed that about 27,992 work force of the service could not be paid their salary as when due in 2016.
He explained that only N27.9 billion was released out of N34.9 billion proposed for personnel.
He added that additional N3.9 billion intervention fund was later released by the Ministry of Finance.
The CG said that out of N14 billion appropriated for 2016 Capital expenditure, N3.6 billion was released as the service purchased only 117 vehicles out of 350 proposed.
He reiterated the need to relocate prisons from urban centers, adding that massive rehabilitation was urgently needed in most of the prisons to avoid jail breaks.
According to him, out of 241 prisons in the country, about 200 were constructed in the colonial days dating back to 1896 and about 139 sandwiched in the metropolis.
“There is need to relocate some prisons from urban centres because there is no room for expansion and some of them are over 100 years old,” Ahmed said.
After the CG’s presentation, the Chairman, House Committee on Interior, Rep. Jagaba Jagaba, therefore, called for an executive session with the management of NPS. (NAN)
please notify me when the recruitment is on, thanks
goodnews, though i hv been trying this NPS but no positive result, but i believed that 2017 is my year
please sir/ma, notify me as soon as possible when recruitment is on.
please alert me when its in progress
dear sir , i want to apply .
kindly notified me on mail when the recruitment is on.
Please notify me on mail when recruitement is on, am interested
Please notify me through e.mail when recruitment is on or commence. Thank u
Please Sir/Ma, notify me when recruitment is out. Thanks
notify me when is out
Please notify me once they commence recruitment.
Pls notify m wen d form is out
please notify me when they start recruiting
please sir/ma, kindly notify me as soon as you commence recruitment.
Thanks a lot.
I really need this job please notify me immediately
notify me please
An interested news, if only if secret recruitment will not be conducted.
pIease notify me i really need it
Waiting…..
pls this department should do and emploment because i need a job
notify me to [email protected] 08137398341
I really need this job please notify me immediately
I’m interested. Notify me of it please. Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you.
Pls I am very much interested. Notify me please
Okoh Nonyelum… pls notify me too
Pls sir/ Madam kindly notify me when the recruitment begins.
07064777592
Pls notify me sir/madam
07064777592
I need this job.please,keep me informed on this regard.
please sir/ma, am interested in the job as i have been without job for 5 years now, please kindly help to notify me via my mail [email protected] or through my phone number: 07065235407 as soon as the recruitment commences. thanks alot and God bless.
i am interested , please notify me
PLEASE I AM INTERESTED. NOTIFY ME WHEN RECRUITMENT BEGINS
Pls notify me when the recruitment is on
would like to e notified as soon as it commence. thank you.
Am interested, notify me on my email please. Thank you.
I’m interested. Notify me of it please. Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you.
Pls notify me when the process is ongoing
Please notify me when the recruit will commence.. 08077758102.. [email protected]
Pls notify.
Pls notify me the date of commecement
Please am interested,kindly notify me when recruitment starts
Notify me sir.
Am interested, notify me when recruitment is in progress
Please Sir/Ma, notify me when recruitment is out. Thanks
Pls notify me when recruitment commences. Thanks
notify me wen is out thank
Please Call me @ 08064110796
please notify me
Notify me pls
Please am interested, kindly notify me when recruitment starts
I need the job please notify me immediately
Pls am interested, notify me pls as soon as the recruitment is on.
Kindly notify me when is on.
Please notify me
please notify me asap it is out. thanks
Am interested in this please notify me
I am interested ma,pls notify me(08037521773)
Please notify me if they start recruiting now 07063825343
Pls notify me when d recruitment starts. 07066100868 . [email protected]
please notify me if recruitment start
Kindly notify me,.pls am Intrested
Please sir/ Ma kindly notify me when the recruitment will commence. My email address is [email protected] ,07035726277
Please, notify if the recruitment starts
08069782680, notify me
[email protected]
08125640809
Please keep me updated
Please notify me when the form is out. Thanks.
Please notify me when the form is out.
Pls notify me through 07033970634
When u are recruiting , kindly notify me Sir/Ma.
08105079021 please notify me thank you
please notify me 08105079021
Pls am interested
It is a welcome development.
Pls notify me if d recruitment is on. Thks
Plz notify me I need this job [email protected]
i have been it i didnt hear any positive result
kindly notify me when recruitment commences
please notify me as soon as recruitment comences
VERY INTERESTING NEWS, I WILL BE THE MOST HAPPIEST PERSON IF FG EMBARK ON THIS SERVICE.
please notify me when the recruitment commences.
please notify me….08085458874
please I am interested. Please keep me posted when the recruitment exercise commence on this number: 08137276064. Thanks
Pls notify me is d recruitment exercise begins.08032071247
Pls notify me is recruitment exercise stays.08032071247
Abarah Emeka Lawrence
Please notify me, am very much interested. Thanks and God bless. 08059255756
Please notify me via 08034069521 or email [email protected] thank .
Please am seriously interested notify me when recruitment commenced
Please Sir notify me when the recruitment is on.
Please oblige me the notification when recruitment commences
Am interested please notify me when the recruitment is start this my number 08037702605 or mail me [email protected]
Please keep me updated for the new jobs.
Kindly notify me when it start via my email , 08030490018. Thank you.
I am interested, notify me via my email, [email protected] or Msg me on 08036637373, thanx
please, notify me when the recruitment exercise started via my email accounts; [email protected] or [email protected].
i’m much interested please kindly notify my via my email, [email protected] or message me on 08038614549
Am interested. Notify me via [email protected].
Or WhatsApp me on 07031258244.
Thank you Sir
Pls, i need a notice when recruitment commence
Plz notify me when its on
please alert me ok
pls notify me sir/ma when the recruitment commences
PLEASE NOTIFY ME ONCE RECRUITMENT STARTS
Please, keep me updated.
notify me
Please notify me on recruitment
Am in