FG okays employment of 50 Doctors, 100 Nurses for correctional centres

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 50 medical doctors and 100 nurses to work in hospitals located in correctional centres across Nigeria.

Tunji-Ojo made this known on Tuesday in Abuja when the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, paid him a courtesy visit.

The interior minister explained that the president’s approval was granted in response to the shortage of medical personnel in several correctional facilities across the country.

According to him, the recruitment is part of ongoing efforts by the government to improve healthcare services for inmates and ensure better medical support within correctional centres.

He said that the hospital in the correctional centre in River had no medical doctor to render service to the inmates.

According to him, the equipment in some correctional centres, such as Kuje, can perform major surgery.

“The President understands that he is the President of all Nigerians, including those inmates. And as father to all, he has always shown that he cares,” he said.

The minister said that the Federal Government had been training inmates via train-the-trainer programmes.

“We have been able to build capacity through what we call train the trainer. We did what we call inmate skills audits. We went to our correctional centres and tried to learn the skills these inmates had.

“We now empower you to be able to train other people. We empower those who graduate.

“We have been able to sanitise. And the president has done too well by increasing their feeding allowance by 50 per cent,” he said.

Tunji-Ojo underscored the need for the Ministry of Information and National Reorientation to showcase and communicate the achievements recorded by the Ministry of Interior to the Nigerian public.

“We want you to come and see some of the things we have been able to achieve.

“And, in terms of our national security strategy, we want to collaborate more with you, so that there can be a coordinated communication strategy.

“In NSCDC, we’ve created what we call the mine marshals in collaboration with the Ministry of Solid Minerals. Now securing our minefields.

“And you can see that the effect is there. There is a reduction in criminality and violence within this sector. And also, protection of critical national assets,” he said.

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