The Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has disclosed that the Federal Government commenced a digitalisation process of registration, legal representation and other processes of inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to improve data management of inmates.
Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this on Tuesday, inaugurating the Corrections Information Management System (CIMS) Training Manual and the Welfare/Legal Aid and Statistics Module in Abuja.
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The Minister also stated that a new system would be used to track the length of the trial of inmates and other activities related to the Correctional services of inmates.
“I wish to specifically state that the present administration under the able leadership of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari is truly aware of the fact that the world today is driven by technology.
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“Hence, the Administration is putting modalities in motion for the digitization of government transactions,” he said.