Former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Andy Uba says he sponsored the Nigerian Correctional Service Bill, 2019 because of his desire to see a total transformation in the management and administration of prisons in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday, assented to the bill changing the name of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) into The Nigerian Correctional Service, Igbere TV reports.

According to a statement from Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), the “Act repeals the Prisons Acts and changes the name from Nigeria Prisons Service to Nigerian Correctional Service, otherwise known as “the Correctional Service.”

There are, according to the Act, two main faculties of the Correctional Service, namely; Custodial Service and Non-custodial Service.

In an interview with newsmen, the former Anambra South lawmaker noted that by the extant provisions of this new law, both custodial and non-custodial sentencing would be permissible; Prisons will be decongested and it would generally foster a better administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria. This development also brings Nigerian Prisons Administration System to par with international best practices.

His words: “I am particularly enthused and delighted about President Mohammadu Buhari’s resolve to grant Assent to the Bill because of the quality of time devoted in the harmonization process by Researchers, Committee Staff, and legislators as well.

“As Chairman of the Interior Committee, my team and I visited several prisons in Nigeria and we saw first hand the decay in the system.

“The facilities were congested with most inmates under the awaiting trial list. Basic amenities such as food, electricity, water, beddings, toilet facilities were also in a sorry state due to the poor budgetary allocation that goes to the prisons.

“Touched by these, I decided to sponsor the Correctional Service Bill, 2019 so as to bring the much-needed reforms to the Nigerian Prisons.

“By the extant provisions of this new law, both custodial and non-custodial sentencing would now be permissible, our prisons will be decongested and it would generally foster a better administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria. This development also brings Nigerian Prisons Administration System to par with international best practices.

“The bill also empowers the State Comptroller of Prisons to reject additional prisoners where the prison in question is already filled to capacity.

“As the new name suggests, more emphasis will now be placed on correcting inmates through various skills acquisition programs such as tailoring, shoemaking, carpentry, computer engineering among others, he said.”

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/902782/why-i-sponsored-correctional-service-bill-senator-andy-uba/

Prison is prison Abeg,don’t come and copy oyinbo here in naija ,as if you people can meet up with the standards

Because Andy you know you belong in JAIL.

Does changing name translate to changing structures.... Its still the same old wine in new bottle.

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Buhari assented to the bill to justify his corrected (repentant) Boko Boys being enlisted into the Nigerian military!

Well done. While many of us including me have little hope or respect in our politicians, good steps must be encouraged.
Our prisons are beyond terrible,
- Vast majority of prisoners are either innocent or spend time awaiting trial for periods longer than their original sentence would have been , if found guilty.
- Prison officials steal funds meant to feed the prisoners.
- Most people go into prisoners, become worse and come out ready to do more evil.
- Many big men lock up their employees, enemies or opponents with just a word from their lips.
Yet a lot of our leaders have been in jail and prisons and did nothing to change the system, OBJ, FFK, Buhari etc.

Good step in the right direction Senator Uba.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:13

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Nigeria prisons are not yet fit to be called correctional centres, Inmates keep increasing against the initial capacity our prisons can hold, research has seen that Nigeria criminals comes out hardened after their jail terms, to the lucky dude that will handle the contract of rebranding , painting and etc you are the real MVP

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Hope the correctional is not for future politicians that will be imprisoned based on corrupt practices?

Have heard of it.

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Powdering your face doesn't change who you are.
If monies allocated there are not monitored for its purpose, you may a level 10 prison officer having a house in Ikoyi.

Empty bill and why it was easy to scale through at it was not cost consuming

Just the name changed.

No iota of correctional measures, practices or routines in the system.

The physical structures also needs upgrading.

He don't want people to say he went to prison because he will soon get there. Soon

Better. Maybe a change of name will bring a real change to the system. But as always, people who are fond of complaining will never see anything good with changing the name.

What a wonderful bill that empowers the controller to reject additional in mates when a facility is filled. This is excellent. And the same Buhari signed it? Nigeria will surely get better. Buhari is shooting wonders these days. Nice one senator.

Restructure Nigeria to be better.
Confab confirmed it. Change of name does nothing if structural changes are not done.
For example,NEPA getting is getting cancerous despite the gullible change of name and scam privatization.

That bill was sponsored by Senator Victor Ndoma Egba in 2008 and not Senator Andy Uba.

Stop misleading the public

till date, I can't point out to the relevance of these useless lawmakers most especially the house of Reps to the progress of Nigeria


these bunch of cankerworms aren't not even exercising the essence of their existence (checkmating the discrepancies of the executive) even when Saraki an opposition was there, the executive keep rubbishing his office, violating the rule of court, and all sorts


in this Buhari regime, if there is a serious Parliament the executive would have summoned him on the delay of ministers resumption but rather they'll be begging the question (there must be relationship btw executive and legislature crabs)


we have a long way to go, these useless guys in that green and red chamber has nothing to offer than sponsoring useless bills, Even Abaribe a minority leader during the ministerial screening was a total flop. useless country

Andy is preparing his potential home when my tenure start

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Thank God for your life
That is the only thing you achieved in your 8 years of representing Anambra South in the Senate
Constituency project Zero

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Empty bill and why it was easy to scale through at it was not cost consuming

Just the name changed.

No iota of correctional measures, practices or routines in the system.

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