The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a contract of two-point-eight billion naira for the installation of a digital web-based integrated system to aid prisons decongestion in Nigeria.
This was announced on Wednesday by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General the Federation, Abubakar Malami, while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the council. Mr Malami said the contract is to improve the country’s justice system and decongest its prisons.
He said it will also assist stakeholders in the office of the Attorney-General, Nigeria Prisons Service, Nigeria Police as well as selected courts, to monitor in real-time, the progress of pending cases and movement of suspects between the courts and prisons. It will also allow the monitoring of those who have overstayed their prison terms or wrongly imprisoned as well as identify inmates who deserve pardon or prerogative of mercy as part of efforts to decongest the prisons.
The council also approved the contract of N291.73 million for the procurement of Memory Access Retrieval System to enhance aviation safety in the country.
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the said the new system “will enhance the laboratory in accident investigation, as required by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). He said investigations are ongoing as regards the fire incident at Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri on Monday, and that the report would be made public afterwards.
Also, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, said FEC approved two contracts for the N-Power Build programme to impart skills on young non-graduates.
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