NPS Decorates 71 Prison Officers in Osun

The Controller of Prisons, Osun State Command, Mr. Segun Oluwasemire, has called on the newly promoted officers and men of the service to make discipline and excellence their watchwords.

L-R: Comptroller of Immigration, Osun State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Chris Onunwor; newly-promoted Chief Superintendent of Prisons, Oluwole Fadairo; and the Controller of Prisons, Osun State Command, Segun Oluwasemire, during the decoration of Fadairo and 70 other newly promoted prisons officers of the Osun State Command in Osogbo on Monday.

The Controller made this call during the decoration of seventy one (71) newly promoted officers and men of the service in the State according to a press statement issued by the Command’s Public Relation Officer, CPRO , ASP Olusola Adeotan and made available to Journalists in Osogbo on Tuesday.

The statement said, 71 officers are part of the 10,979 whose promotions were recently announced by the Controller General of Prisons, Mr. Ja’afaru Ahmed.

According to Oluwasemire, “You have done very well to deserve your promotion but with promotion comes additional responsibilities. Discipline and total dedication to duty are critical to your continued rise in the service,”.

The Controller however commended the leadership of the Controller General of Prisons, Mr. Ja’afaru Ahmed, for rewarding excellence, dedication and service, noting that “there is no better way to motivate officers and men of the prisons service”.

Responding on behalf of the newly promoted officers, a Chief Superintendent of Prisons, Mr. Oluwole Fadairo, expressed appreciation to the Comptroller General of Prisons and promised on behalf of others, to continue to discharge their duties with total commitment.

Heads of other security agencies in the state graced the occasion and also assisted the Controller in decorating the officers. They are the Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye; Comptroller of Immigration, Mr Chris Onunwor; Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Philip Ayodele; and the representative of State Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Julius Dzer.

Categories of Officers decorated are:
Chief Superintendent of Prisons (CSP) – Six (6)  Superintendent of Prisons (SP) – One (1) Deputy Superintendent of Prisons (DSP) –One (1) Assistant Superintendent of Prisons I (ASP I) – Two (2)  Assistant Superintendent of Prisons II (ASP II) – Twelve (12)
Deputy Chief Inspector of Prisons (DCIP) – One (1) Assistant Chief Inspector of Prisons (ACIP) – Three (3)
Principal Inspector of Prisons (PIP I) – Seven (7) Senior Inspector of Prisons (SIP) – Thirty eight (38).