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‘N222 Daily Feeding Allowance For Inmates Too Small’ – Comptroller-General

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The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Mr. Peter Ezenwa, on Tuesday warned of a possible revolt by inmates across the country if nothing was done to reverse the paltry feeding allowance of N222.30k proposed as daily feeding for each inmate by the Federal Government this year.

 

Ezenwa raised the alarm when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Interior to defend the 2016 budget of the NPS.

 

The committee is chaired by an All Progressives Congress lawmaker from Kaduna State, Mr. Adams Jagaba.

 

 

He disclosed that the service originally proposed N10.6bn for the feeding allowance of over 65,000 inmates.

 

 

The CG explained that the proposal was aside the outstanding liabilities owed food contractors for previous supplies.

 

 

He, however, expressed shock over the budget which was slashed to N5.2bn by the government, an implication that each inmate was entitled to meals worth N222.30k for a whole day.

 

 

The CG told the committee that this was one of the reasons inmates and food contractors protested sometimes.

 

 

He said, “It is bad when inmates are not fed. We are in a prison community where you can never predict what will happen if inmates are not fed.

 

“We cannot sleep here (National Assembly) if Kuje Prison is let loose today.

“N10.6bn is not too much for feeding. We have to understand the details of what is involved.”

 

 

Lawmakers also queried the N6.4bn proposed for research and procurement of computers/software by the Ministry of Interior.

 

While research had a proposal of N6.2bn, a separate N200m was proposed for computer equipment and software.

 

The ministry proposed a total budget of N12.8bn for 2016.

 

A member from Kano State, Mr. Baballe Bashire, observed that procurement of computers was a recurring decimal in the budgets of Ministries, Departments and Agencies yearly.

 

“Why do we have to purchase computers every year? There is N200m for computer software. It is too much.

“What are you going to do with the software? There is another one here, rehabilitation of office building, N599m”, Basire added.

 

The committee sought for explanations on the type of research conducted by the ministry that would gulp N6.2bn.

 

The Permanent Secretary, Mr. Bassey Akanyong, claimed that the N6.2bn was for Research and Development for “projects in police formations.”

 

He explained that research would be conducted into deviant behaviour to understand why people acquired negative tendencies.

 

On the computer equipment, he claimed that the ministry was introducing major ICT equipment this year and needed to spend heavily on the software that would drive the system.

 

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Nigeria Immigration Needs 25,000 New Personnel- Comptroller General

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The Nigeria Immigration Service requires about 5,000 personnel annually for the next five years to meet its manpower capacity, its comptroller-general, Martins Abeshi, has said.

Mr. Abeshi said this Thursday in Abuja when the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, visited the NIS as part of his familiarisation tour of parastatals under his ministry.

On the botched recruitment where some applicants lost their lives, the comptroller-general said the NIS was ready to conduct and absorb new officers as soon as it got directive from the Federal Government.

He pledged to ensure professionalism in the service in line with international best practice and the federal government’s Change Agenda.

Mr. Abeshi disclosed that the Nigeria Immigration Service generated N19. 4 billion between January and October 2015.

According to him, N9, 788, 969,705 was generated from passports/operations, while N9, 676, 474, 587 was generated from the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Alien’s Card (CERPAC) within the period.

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I’ll Ensure Corrupt Customs Officers Get 10 Years In Jail — Comptroller-General

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The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC) , retired Col. Hameed Ali, on Tuesday warned that any customs officer caught involved in corrupt practice, would serve the maximum 10-year jail term prescribed by law.
Ali gave the warning in Sokoto when he addressed customs officers of Sokoto/Zamfara/ Kebbi Area Command.
“The minimum jail term for corrupt officers is five years, but I will make sure that any officer found to be corrupt gets the maximum jail term of 10 years.
“This is to serve as a deterrent to any officer who finds himself in the Customs to make money and not to earn money .
“I am not saying that there are no good, incorruptible officers in the service, but there are few bad eggs who are giving the service a bad name, ” Ali said.
The CGC also cautioned the officials against indiscipline and living above their means.
“Our work ethics must change to be in tune with the change mantra as championed by President Muhammadu Buhari,” he said.
Ali advised the customs personnel to make integrity , honesty and transparency their watch words.
”You should all do this to minimize the chances of getting into trouble, except those who are criminally minded.”
The CGC explained that the task before him was to reform the service, raise revenue, and improve the welfare of personnel.
He therefore urged the officers and men to strive to block all areas of revenue leakages, saying that the service would use part of the revenue to provide offices and residential accommodation for them.
Ali assured them that, henceforth, there would be no favouratism in promotions, transfers and postings.

 

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I’m ready for probe, says outgoing Customs CG Dikko Inde

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Dikko Abdullahi Inde, who voluntarily resigned as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS on Monday, has said he is ready for the probe of his tenure.

 

The outgoing NCS CG who is due to retire on Tuesday told State House correspondents when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday that he is ready to defend every action that took part in the six years he was the head of the Customs Service if the ongoing probe of revenue-earning agencies being conducted by the Federal Government is extended to cover his tenure.

 

“Revenue appreciated by 20 per cent from when I took over and the officers that did the work are still around and I think that the NCS, I stand to be corrected, is the only service that is fully automated in the system of operation.

 

“We have no fear. The time I’m leaving is the time I feel those young ones that have developed the software can manage it,” said Dikko, adding that, he is leaving the Customs when the ovation is loudest so as to give chance to others.

 

Source : PM News