512 Prison inmates enrolled for National ID in Osun

BLESSING AKOROWOSI, Osogbo

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has enrolled 512 inmates of Nigerian Correctional Service, Osun State Command on the national identity database with their unique National Identity Number  (NIN) allocated to them.

258 of the inmates are from Ilesa Custodial Centre, while 254 are from Ile- Ife Medium Security Custodial Centre.

Controller of Corrections, Osun State Command, Olanrewaju Amoran, made the disclosure in an interview on Tuesday in Osogbo.

He noted that the capturing and enrollment of inmates will be a continuous exercise, which has to be sustained to cater for more inmates and new ones without NIN.

According to the Controller, “the exercise will complement the existing and already deployed Correctional Information Management System (CIMS) at the Custodial Centres.

“CIMS is designed by Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) for timely, and effective collection, storage and processing of inmates data for record purpose and access to justice.”

He commended the commitment, diligence and sincerity of purpose of the State Co-coordinator, NIMC, Dr (Mrs) Omolara Idah and her officials in dutifully carrying out the enrollment exercises.

Amoran stated that the exercise is in tandem with Controller General of Corrections (CGC), Haliru Nababa, FICMC, visit to the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Engr Aliyu Azeez Abubakar on 16th December, 2021 to finalise the process of red-flagging fleeing inmates through harmonisation and sharing of inmates’ data already captured by NIMC in online transactions.