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35 inmates to seat for NECO- NPS

35 inmates to seat for NECO- NPS
  • PublishedOctober 21, 2018

Thity-five (35) inmates of the Jos prison will seat for the 2018 Nov/Dec National Examination Council (NECO) as revealed by the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS).

DSP Luka Ayedoo, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Plateau Command of NPS made this known in a statement in Jos on Sunday.

Ayedoo said that the inmates who comprised of 32 males and three females were adequately prepared to take social science and commercial subjects in the examination. This is a Service deployed to attract productive partnership towards providing quality education and vocational skills for inmates across the command.

According to him, the examination fees of the inmates were paid by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), as part of activities marking its 47th anniversary.

“This examination is one of the numerous reform programs available to prepare inmates towards smooth reintegration into the society, upon discharge,’’ Ayedoo said.