From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
As part of effort to promote Administration of Criminal Justice system in Jigawa state, the members of Observatory identified challenges with solutions of parole mechanism in the Administration of Criminal Justice system in the state.
This was contained in a commuque signed by the Jigawa Observatory members after a two days workshop organised by the CLEEN Foundation with the support from MacArthur Foundation.
The communique said, after series of presentations and deliberations, the stakeholders highlighted the following issues hindering effective Parole mechanism in the state.
The stakeholders identified inability of the Parole Board in Jigawa state to hold their statutory meeting since inauguration in December 2022 as well as failure from the ACJ Monitoring Committee to hold statutory meeting after they were inaugurated.
Other challenges include inadequate awareness and knowledge of Parole among stakeholders and prolong delay from the Department of Public Prosecution to give Advice on Capital offenses.
The stakeholders therefore suggested the review of the statutory body (Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee) provided by the legal framework in the state to ensure effective functioning of Parole mechanism for the benefit of eligible inmates in custody. In an interview with Peoples Daily Correspondent after the graduation ceremony, the Headmaster of the school, Mallam Salisu Sa’ad Zariya advised the outgoing students to continue to pursue the Islamic knowledge.
He also called on the parents to send their children to the Islamic schools, pointing out that the teachers would continue to impart sound knowledge on the students.
He disclosed that the school has enough teachers, and urged the parents to support the education of their children.
He, therefore, appealed to the government to deem it necessary to give the recognition to the Islamic schools by attending their graduation ceremony.
Mallam Sa’ad Zariya expressed happiness over the turnout of the people, saying that the school has section for the adult and married women.
