Nigeria Prison Service debunk allege plan to change Prison Uniform

Nigeria Prison Service has debunked the rumour in the media insinuating that the Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau had taken a decision to change the fatigue uniform of prisons personnel.

In a statement by Public Relation Officer of the Corp, Francis Enobore said that the Minister since assumption of duty has concerned himself with the business of identifying core challenges in the Service and working out practical steps to address them.

According to the statement, the Controller General of Prisons has neither complained of staff uniform nor did the Minister take such decision or communicated such about changing the uniform of Nigerian Prisons Service personnel to anyone.

It noted that the Prison Boos has never issued any circular to any State command or Prisons formations to that effect.

While describing the publication, which also involved phone-in programme on the radio as false and embarrassing and a mere figment of the writers’ imagination call on the public to disregard the information.

The statement called on the media publication to ensure a thorough investigate story before going on air.