FG approves purchase of N3.5bn vehicles for Prisons

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N3.5 billion for the purchase of 320 vehicles for the Nigeria Prison Service.

This was revealed by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahamad Dambazau while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting.

He said the purchase was part of efforts to decongest the prisons, stating that the vehicles will be bought from local manufacturers.

He said, “In our efforts to strengthen the Criminal Justice System, to also contribute towards decongesting the prison system, we presented a memo for the procurement of 320 operational vehicles for the prison service at the cost of N3.5 billion.

“This procurement will be from local manufacturers, assemblers and vendors within Nigeria, and the effort is to follow through government policy to ensure that most of the procurement for equipment and vehicles are done locally.

“That will also provide opportunity for job creation.”

Dambazau said prisoners have stayed in detention for a prolonged time because there were no vehicles to convey them to court.

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