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Borstal Training Institution needs to be resuscitated, says senior correctional officer

Kenneth Onyekwere by Kenneth Onyekwere
September 3, 2025
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The new Assistant Controller General of Corrections, Mrs. Prisca Oku, has visited the 93-year-old dysfunctional Borstal Training Institution, Ngwo, near Enugu, calling on governments and philanthropists to assist in resuscitating the institution.

The ongoing renovated Borstal Training Institution, Ngwo, which is the only Borstal facility in the South-East and South-South regions, was established in 1932 by the colonists and was fully functional until the Nigeria Civil War in 1966.

Oku, who is the zonal coordinator in charge of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Zone M, Enugu, told newsmen on Wednesday that the NCoS was working to ensure that the institution comes alive before 2025 runs out.

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She said that two classrooms, offices, a hostel, and a kitchen are on the ground, while a philanthropist did electrification and donated 10 solar street lights, water tankers, a complete kitchenware, a gas cylinder, and an oven, among others, to the institution.

The ACG noted that the NCoS had already deployed staff for its initial take-off, which included the principal of the institution, a controller of corrections, about 25 correctional staff, and 16 armed correctional officers.

Oku said that “we all have seen what is on the ground and the gaps left.

“The NCoS urges state governments in the South-East, especially Enugu State, non-governmental organisations, faith-based organisations, foundations, corporate bodies, and philanthropists to assist us in getting the place functional.

“When this place starts to function, children here will be engaged in educational, vocational training, and other standard procedures, including after-care and follow-up care, as enshrined in the NCoS Act, will be carried out in this institution.

“As it is, both the Borstal homes in Abeokuta (South-West), Ilorin (North Central), and Kaduna (North West) are running, but the oldest one in Enugu (for South-East and South-South) is dysfunctional.”

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An Assistant Controller of Corrections in the institution, Mr. Bernard Nweke, noted that there were some numbers of colonial buildings still strong but needed a modern touch and renovations, fittings, and furnishing.

“We have a challenge and a need for constant water to cater for the number of children that will flood the institution as soon as it is re-launched.

“We also need a sick bay/clinic for healthcare purposes, a workshop for children who have flair for craftsmanship, as well as worship centres (a church and a mosque),” Nweke said.

He said that there are adequate security men on the ground and a high perimeter fence to stem the excesses of unruly children that might be brought to be reformed in the institution.

It would be recalled that the Ministry of Interior and NCoS headquarters had directed custodial centres nationwide to ensure that courts stop sending juveniles, those below 18 years old, to custodial centres nationwide.

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