The participants of Senior Executive Course (SEC) 47 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, near Jos, have secured the release of 21 inmates in correctional centres in Plateau.
Col. Muktar Daruda, the Monitor-General of the SEC, made this known on Friday when he led other participants to the Jos Custodial Centre.
Daruda, who explained that the gesture was part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), added that it aimed at decongesting the prison yards.
“We are here as representatives of the SEC 47 participants of the national institute to secure the release of 21 inmates across the six custodial centres in the state.
“We are here to complete the process that started a month ago, following the lecture by the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service during our defence week.
“This is also part of our CSR which is contextualised by the Director General of NIPSS, Prof. Ayo Omotayo, in line with its mantra, ‘Towards a better society’.
“This has also given us the opportunity, as SEC participants, to contribute to the economic development of the nation,” he said.
The Monitor General said the beneficiaries were largely those with low fines, ranging from N100,000 and below.
Daruda, who warned the beneficiaries against committing other crimes, said that the gesture would enable them reunite with their families and the society.
Earlier, Mr Ezekiel Kagah, the Controller of the NCoS in Plateau commended the participants for the gesture.
Kagah, who described prison congestion as one of its major challenges, said that the move had brought relief to the service in the state and country in general.
He called on other organisations and spirited individuals to emulate the participants of the national institute toward bringing succour to inmates in the state.
