By Ismail Auwal
Senate has confirmed the nomination of Haliru Nababa as the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service.
President Muhammadu Buhari had in February requested the lawmakers to confirm Haliru Nababa as the controller-general of the Nigeria Correctional Service.
Mr Nababa had his First School Leaving Certificate from Demonstration Primary School, Sokoto, in 1975. He attended Government Secondary School, Tangaza, where he obtained his West African School Certificate in 1980.
He then proceeded to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, where he graduated in 1988, with a Bachelors degree in History, and a Diploma in Criminology from the same university in 1996.
Mr Nababa joined the Nigerian Prisons Service, (NPS) as it was then, on Aug. 13, 1990 as an Assistant Superintendent of Prisons.
He rose through the ranks and was promoted to the rank of Assistant Controller General of Corrections on Jan. 1, 2018.
On Aug. 26, 2020 he was appointed as Deputy Controller General of Corrections, covering duties in the Directorate of Finance and Accounts.
Until his new appointment, Mr Nababa was the Head of the Directorate of Finance and Accounts.
