{"id":152141,"date":"2025-02-21T20:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:58:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:58:40","slug":"tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu approves relocation of 29 prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu has approved the relocation of 29 correctional centres, also known as prisons, from urban areas across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known on Friday during the commissioning of 39 newly acquired vehicles and five bullet-resistant guard booths for the Nigerian Correctional Service in Abuja on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Tunji-Ojo highlighted that many of the existing correctional facilities, such as those in Suleja and Ikoyi, were established in the 1950s and are outdated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuleja Correctional Centre was established in 1950, Ikoyi in 1956, and we even have facilities dating back to the 19th century. We cannot continue to work with such outdated infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President has graciously approved for us to start the process of relocating 29 correctional centres,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The minister emphasised the urgent need for modernisation to improve conditions for both correctional officers and inmates, noting that the relocation is part of a larger plan to address the infrastructural challenges hindering the effectiveness of the correctional system.<\/p>\n<p>He also reassured the public of the government\u2019s commitment to reform, saying, \u201cWe have to solve these problems one by one, and I want to assure you that the process of relocating these correctional centres has already started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on promotion, he explained that in the 24 months, \u201cmore than 50,000 paramilitary officers have been promoted\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, the Acting Controller-General of Corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche, said the new vehicles will be distributed to various commands based on operational needs and demand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu has approved the relocation of 29 correctional centres, also known as prisons, from urban areas across the country. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known on Friday during the commissioning of 39 newly acquired vehicles and five bullet-resistant guard booths for the Nigerian Correctional Service in Abuja [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[1578,254,2550,945],"class_list":["post-152141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-breaking","tag-nigeria","tag-prison","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu approves relocation of 29 prisons - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has approved the relocation of 29 correctional centres, also known as prisons, from urban areas ac ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu approves relocation of 29 prisons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has approved the relocation of 29 correctional centres, also known as prisons, from urban areas ac ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-21T19:16:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-22T10:58:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740156529.266392.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu approves relocation of 29 prisons\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-21T19:16:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-22T10:58:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740156529.266392.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"breaking\",\"Nigeria\",\"prison\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-approves-relocation-of-29-prisons\",\"name\":\"Tinubu approves relocation of 29 prisons - 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