OGSG ‘LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES -COS

In a bid to ensure better service delivery and safety, the Ogun State Government has assured Correctional Centres that of its readiness to continue to give due attention and priority to the facilities across the State.

Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr. Oluwatoyin Taiwo, made this known while playing host to the Zonal Controller (Zone A), Assistant Controller, Ope Fatinikun and his team, said a lot had been done to enhance the activities and operations at the Correctional Centres but more would still be needed to improve on them.

“Prince Dapo Abiodun’s administration had given a facelift to the Correctional Centres, built surveillance towers, and granted amnesty to 31 inmates, while also providing measures to integrate them into the society”, Dr. Taiwo noted.

In his remarks, ACG Fatinikun appealed to the Governor to make the roads to the Correctional Centre more accessible particularly the Ago Iwoye Correctional Centre which he said was designed as a Farm Settlement to rehabilitate the inmates.

He also called for speedy advice from the Directorate for Public Prosecution, DPP to decongest the prisons, advising that the State judiciary should embrace custodian measures.

In attendance courtesy visit had the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, AIG (Rtd) Olusola Subir, Consultant to the Governor on Security, CP (Rtd) Edward Ajogun, and Permanent Secretary Bureau of Cabinet and Security Services, Mr. Olarenwaju Saka.

In the same vein, the Chief of Staff Dr. Toyin Taiwo also played host to the representatives of Santos Aviation of Atlanta Georgia led by Mr. Segun Adesanya, a Federal aviation administrator in the United States of America, certified to train youths in aviation, was in the State to seek collaboration with the State’s Agro Cargo Airport among other areas.

 Dr. Taiwo while addressing the aviation administrators said the Gateway Agro cargo, Airport built by the Prince Dapo Abiodun administration haD the longest runway and Agro-processing zones which would set the pace for the aviation industry in the Country.

In his remark, the Commissioner for Transportation Engr. Gbenga Dairo, affirmed that the Agro Cargo Airport had been issued a license for non-scheduled operations while that of scheduled operations was receiving attention from the Aviation Authority.

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