Ilorin ------------ The Kwara Controller of Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, Aliu Baba-Usman, has asked personnel in the service to be disciplined and dedicated to duty, as he retires after 30 years in service.

Baba-Usman spoke during his sendforth ceremony at the state NCoS headquarters in Ilorin on Tuesday.

He said officers should be disciplined and dedicated to work, which was the shortest way to success in life.

“The shortest way to success is dedication and prayer, even if their is challenges you will over come it,” said the controller.

He also charged the officers to strive to maintain high level of discipline, adding that they should not lose focus on the dictates of the job, even as he commended the authority of the Correctional Service for the privilege given to him to serve his father’s land.

Baba-Usman further asked the officers left behind to follow his legacy of discipline and dedication to duties at all times.

“Today is my greatest joy. I started well and ended well.

“Nothing is easy, but with grace of God and support from colleagues everything went well,” he added.