In a written statement to parliament, Johnson said tenders had been placed and a
supplier identified to conduct the building work at Kirikiri.
He did not name the supplier.
The project will be funded from Britain’s
Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, which has an annual budget of more than
1 billion pounds and aims to commission projects that can help prevent
conflicts and stabilise countries or regions.
The new 112-bed wing, which will cost 700,000
pounds ($973,000) and be compliant with United Nations standards, will make it
easier for Britain to comply with a prisoner transfer agreement it signed with
Nigeria in 2014.
Under that deal, eligible prisoners serving
criminal sentences in Nigeria and Britain can be returned to complete their
sentences in their respective countries. The British government did not
indicate how many prisoners might be moved or when the project is likely to
be completed.
Britain will build a new 112-bed wing at Kirikiri
Prison in Lagos so that it can transfer Nigerian prisoners there, foreign
secretary, Boris Johnson announced in London on
Thursday.
In a written statement to parliament, Johnson said tenders had been placed and a
supplier identified to conduct the building work at Kirikiri.
He did not name the supplier.
The project will be funded from Britain’s
Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, which has an annual budget of more than
1 billion pounds and aims to commission projects that can help prevent
conflicts and stabilise countries or regions.
The new 112-bed wing, which will cost 700,000
pounds ($973,000) and be compliant with United Nations standards, will make it
easier for Britain to comply with a prisoner transfer agreement it signed with
Nigeria in 2014.
Under that deal, eligible prisoners serving
criminal sentences in Nigeria and Britain can be returned to complete their
sentences in their respective countries. The British government did not
indicate how many prisoners might be moved or when the project is likely to
be completed.
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