Fifty-nine inmates of Jos Prison
have graduated from different educational programmesorganised under the
facility’s Adult Education Scheme, according to the Controller, Noel Ailewon.
Ailewon, in a statement in Jos
yesterday, said that the graduates were the first set of students enrolled into
the pilot group of the adult education school.
The statement advised prisoners to
take advantage of the programme to prepare themselves to be assets to the
society after serving their terms.
It explained that 10 senior
secondary school graduates sat the National Examination Council, NECO,
examinations, and revealed that they were sponsored by the Jos Province of the
Christ Embassy Church.
The statement quoted the Principal
of the Jos Prisons Adult School, ASP UguokeAbuchi, as saying that the prisons authority
had the capacity to educate inmates, and challenged them to avail themselves of
the opportunity.
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