FOLLOWING REPORTS OF VARIOUS ACTS OF INDISCIPLINE AND MISCONDUCT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SACKED 15 OFFICIALS OF THE NIGERIA CORRECTIONAL SERVICE, NCOS, AS WELL AS DEMOTED 59 OTHERS.
ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER OF THE NCOS, UMAR ABUBAKAR, THE DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWS THE REVIEW OF 224 DISCIPLINARY CASES INVOLVING CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS BY THE CIVIL DEFENCE, CORRECTIONAL, FIRE AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES BOARD, CDCFIB.
ABUBAKAR REVEALED THAT 15 PERSONNEL WERE DISMISSED FROM THE SERVICE FOR SERIOUS MISCONDUCT AND VIOLATION OF SERVICE REGULATIONS WHILE 59 OFFICERS HAD THEIR RANKS REDUCED AS A RESULT OF CONFIRMED BREACHES OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS.
ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THIS MOVE UNDERSCORES THE GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO ENFORCING DISCIPLINE AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM.
