Niger Delta
Rivers, Kano, Abuja Get 9,000 Capacity Prisons In Dec –FG
Rivers State alongside Kano and Abuja have been billed to have the 9,000 capacity custodial centres latest by December 2022.
The centres each have 3000 capacity. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who revealed this while speaking to journalists shortly after a facility tour to the Abuja ultra modern Custodian Centre Monday, stated that the Federal Government would complete the 9000 capacity custodial centres in the three states of the country.
Aregbesola noted that the facility in Kano was near completion, adding that the facilities in Rivers and Abuja were at 55% completion.
“My desire is to have the first three of the six projects to be completed before this administration ends.
“We have a similar facility in Kano that is almost completed. I believe before December, it will be inaugurated and commissioned by the President.
”The one at Rivers State is almost at the same stage like this. With support from the President, these two (Rivers and Abuja) will be completed by the end of the year,” he said.