The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has decorated no fewer than 200 newly promoted officers at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command.
The newly-decorated personnel included: senior officers (from the rank of Deputy Controller of Corrections to Assistant Superintendent of Corrections 11) and junior officers (from the rank of inspector of Corrections to Corrections Assistant 111) alike.
Performing the decoration on Thursday in Gwagwalada, the Controller of Corrections incharge of FCT Command Ibrahim N Idris, urged the officers to see their elevation as an added responsibility.
He admonished the promoted officers to display utmost professionalism and hard work, as the elevation signifies that more was expected from them.
In his words, he stated that “To whom much is given, much is expected and a new rank is a call for greater duty and to put more efforts to what you have been doing before”.
Adding, that without security in the nation, the socio-economic and political development of that nation will be stagnant and it is our duty to ensure that those in our care are protected.
Controller Idris, expressed gratitude to the Civil Defense, Correctional, Immigration and Fire service Board (CDCIFB) and the Controller-General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa Mni, for graciously approving the promotion of this large number which is the first in history of the service urging those waiting for theirs to be patient for thiers to come.
The Deputy Controller of Corrections, Nursing, Mrs Onuoha Lucy, on behalf of the newly promoted officers expressed joy for their decoration and promised to use the promotion for the development of the service and the country at large.
However, she appreciated the President and Commander-in-Chief as well as the Controller-General of Corrections for graciously approving the promotion, while calling on other officers not to disappoint the service and country at large .
on ground to grease the occasion were sister security agencies, families and well wishers.
ASC AS DUZA
Public Relations Officer
FCT Command.