NCoS gets first female spokesperson

From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja

The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Nwakuche, has appointed Chief Superintendent of Corrections (CSC) Jane Osuji as the new Service Public Relations Officer with immediate effect.

The appointment follows the retirement of the immediate past Public Relations Officer, Deputy Controller of Corrections, Umar Abubakar, on November 19, 2025.

Osuji hails from Owerri – North Local Government Area of Imo State. She holds a BSc in Public Relations and Advertising from Lagos State University and Masters in Public Administration (MPA), from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso.

In a statement, the new spokesperson who makes history as the first female Service Public Relations Officer of the NCoS was enlisted into the Nigerian Prisons Service in 2009 as an Assistant Superintendent of Prisons 11 (as it was then called) and has attended all the requisite courses required for her rank.

She also attended numerous specialised courses including the Internal Security/Low Intensity Conflict Operations Course, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji.

Osuji has had a remarkable tour of duty having served in the following capacities; Assistant Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command Public Relations Officer before her posting to the national headquarters as the Assistant National Public Relations Officer at the time, and served under four Controllers General.

The spokesperson also worked extensively as press secretary to three Ministers of Interior from 2015 to 2023. Until her appointment as the Service Public Relations Officer, Osuji was a staff of the Public Relations Unit at the Service Headquarters, Abuja. She is happily married with Children.