On Saturday, 16th December, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR approved the appointment of Nwakuche Sylvester Ndidi, MFR, mni, as the Acting Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).

His appointment signals a commitment to advancing the country’s correctional system under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

The Acting-CG has charged all the officers to shun all acts of indiscipline and step up their performance towards work and discharge their duties diligently at a programme organized at the Nigerian Correctional Service headquarters. “I encourage the personnel to scale up their performance towards work and align with Mr. President’s Renewed Hope agenda.

The Acting-CG also urged the officers to reciprocate the efforts of the Minister of Interior and support his reforms in the Correctional Service, “I charge the officers to reciprocate Hon. Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s efforts by ensuring that the workforce is motivated and encouraged by the welfare measures he has put in place.

He also admonished the officers to “always shun indiscipline and all other vices that may tarnish the image of the service, while maintaining that attitude is everything which must be positive” he concluded.

The Acting-CG Sylvester also said that, under his leadership, the Nigerian Correctional Service is expected to implement innovative rehabilitation models, enhance staff welfare, and strengthen security in correctional facilities across the nation which is aligned with the expectation of Mr. President, the Minister of Interior, and Nigerians as a whole. “It is a new dawn on the correctional service”, he said as he rounded up his speech.