The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Nasarawa State Command, has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening collaboration with key stakeholders in the justice sector to improve access to justice for inmates, particularly those unable to afford legal representation.
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Chief Superintendent of Corrections (CSC) Bello Umaru Farouk, Officer in Charge of the Lafia Medium Security Custodial Centre, made this known during a courtesy visit by the Human Rights Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lafia Branch, to his office.
Describing lawyers, especially members of the NBA Human Rights Committee, as “indispensable actors in the justice administration system,” CSC Farouk commended the NBA Lafia Branch for constituting the committee to offer free legal services to indigent inmates.
He urged the committee to move beyond routine inventory visits by defence counsel that yield little or no outcome for inmates, and instead devise practical solutions to reduce legal service and appearance costs to levels affordable for those in custody.
Farouk also appealed to the government, corporate bodies, civil society organisations, and well-meaning individuals to support initiatives that provide legal aid for inmates, enabling them to secure timely and fair hearings in competent courts.
Earlier, the Chairman of the NBA Human Rights Committee in Lafia, Mohammed Danjuma, said the visit was part of the association’s broader effort to give back to society through pro-bono legal services.
He assured the inmates of the committee’s dedication and promised close collaboration with the custodial centre to identify and support inmates in genuine need of legal aid. Danjuma also pledged to mobilise manpower within the NBA Lafia Branch to ensure the committee’s objectives are fully realised.
The visit marks a renewed effort between the legal and correctional institutions in Nasarawa to uphold human rights and improve justice delivery for the most vulnerable.
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