During a plenary session in Abuja on Tuesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio lamented the increase in jailbreaks in Nigeria since the prison service was renamed the correctional center. He made this observation while discussing two bills that were up for concurrence. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

They are the bill to repeal and enact the law establishing Revenue Mobilsation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, and bill to repeal the Fire Service Act and enact Federal Fire and Rescue Service.

Senate Minority Leader, Abba Morro. argued that there was no need to change the name because the “rescue component” is already part of the responsibility of the fire service.

“I do not think there is a need for that,” Moro said.

Also the Senate President Akpabio, said there was need to examine such laws.

He said, “This is something to be looked at. When you are convicted, you are supposed to learn a skill. But since we changed the name to the correctional centre, there have been more jailbreaks.”

Recall that in 2019, former President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the bill that changed the name of the Nigerian Prison Service to Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).