Speaking at a media parley with judiciary correspondents and editors in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Kazeem said the prison, which was established in 1955, has outlived its suitability for the present location, and there was need to relocate it to another place where it would better perform its primary duty of serving as a correctional centre.
He said though the issue of prison, being on the exclusive legislative list, was not within the purview of the State Government, but Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was passionate about prison reforms and had been investing on critical infrastructure.
There has been an ongoing matter with Ikoyi Prison. Discussions have been ongoing with the Federal Government to relocate that prison to possibly Epe or some other locations and free up that space. The whole idea is that that prison is congested and right in the middle of the city. What we are going to agree with the Federal Government is to get the design, build a world class prison facility and make it truly a correctional centre.
From pm news
Good for them.
ReplyDeleteI wonder when Nigerian prisons will have correctional facilities.
LASG just needs d land cos Ikoyi is a high brow area not that they care about the welfare of prisoners.
Today is Saturday, make I go mop floors biko.
Na wa o. I pity prisoners...you don't know what it means to be free...
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ReplyDeleteAll those hypocrite members of St. John Anglican Church will finally have space to park their G-wagons and Range Rovers.
ReplyDeleteBut prisons shouldn't be in the heart of the city. It should be in a very secluded area. Whoever thought that was a good idea?
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