53 inmates registered for SSCE -NCoS

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has completed the registration of 53 inmates of both the Kuje and Suleja custodial centres for the November/December West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) Senior School Examination (SSCE) for external candidates.
After Completing the online registration for some of the inmates at the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, yesterday, FCT Controller of Corrections, Ahmed Ahmed, said he was hopeful the selected candidates would excel.

In a communiqué signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, Humphrey Chukwuedo, Ahmed noted that “the centre is known for producing candidates with excellent results.”

He urged all registered inmates to shun all forms of examination malpractice, the controller encouraged them to make themselves available for the ongoing intensive preparation classes in order to make good grades, saying it was imperative to their smooth reintegration after serving their terms of imprisonment.
“Look beyond incarceration and see the hope that education brings, and not let the efforts of the Service be in vain,” he said.

Shehu Ibrahim, officer-in-charge of Kuje Custodial Centre, Deputy Controller of Corrections, appreciated non-governmental organisations for thire supports.

Ibrahim, however, noted the high examination fee burden on the Service and called on the examinations body, WAEC, to give a special fee waiver to the NCoS by making the registration of inmates free of charge as a way of ensuring a more productive force and positive contribution to society by ex-convicts who have served out their prison terms.
He further request that the Federal Government to assist in making both WAEC and NECO examinations free for inmates just like the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has done.

according to him, this would pave way for more inmates to be enrolled for the examinations