As Nigeria joins in the commemoration of World Day of Social Justice today, the National Association of Seadogs, NAS, Abuja Chapter has tasked the Federal Government to fully implement the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection Regulations in the nation’s correctional facilities and custodial centres.
In a letter to the Federal Government through the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, by the Abuja Chapter which was signed by Kolawole Anderson Oseh and Viktor Ikiriko, Chapter President and Secretary respectively, NAS, also known as Pyrates Confraternity argued that the said “regulations clearly provide in Section 24 of Part 2 that the Management of Correctional Centres and Detention Centres, Remand homes, Holding Cells, Military Detention Centres, amongst other centres for care and...
“Additionally, in the spirit of humanistic ideals and social justice, we shall be embarking on the payment of fines on behalf of some inmates within Abuja correctional facilities and its environs, especially female inmates who have been convicted of simple offences and misdemeanors come 20th February 2021 being the World Day of Social Justice.
“The construction and set up of more correctional facilities and custodial centres, however they are called, in battling the Covid-19 challenges and complying with the said Presidential Regulations.”