Within the first two years of his administration, President Bola Tinubu has approved the employment of 50 doctors, 100 nurses, and the posting of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) doctors to correctional centres.
Papers News reports that the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who disclosed this on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Thursday, said many of the custodial centres were built 100 years ago and were old.
He explained that some of the correctional centres did not have medical doctors until President Tinubu approved the employment of doctors for the facilities.