The COMPRI Brigadier General Ioane Naivalurua (fourth-left), the Supervisor Western Division (first-left) ASP Viliame Bulewa
with Taiwan Technical Mission Staff and graduating Officers.


Fourteen officers from the Fiji Prisons and Corrections Services “(FPCS) around the country on Friday November 13th graduated from a two weeks vegetable farming course at the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) in the Sigatoka Valley.

Fiji Prisons and Corrections Services (FPCS) COMPRI Brigadier General Ioane Naivalurua who was at the graduation ceremony reminded his officers that the training will not only benefit them, but will also bring life to their families, the community and to FPCS as a whole.

“We are not able to teach others if we do not know it ourselves.

“All that you have learnt will bring life to your families, community and to FPCS.

 The COMPRI Brigadier General Naivalurua also reminded the officers the need to be humble when learning.
 “We should humble ourselves and not bring the ranks that you have while attending the course.
 " We need to dirty our hands to move and progress the work”.

The COMPRI said that all officers that graduate from Nacocolevu should have their own farms and put all the knowledge they have gained into good use.

Taiwan Technical Mission Team leader Mr Cheng Lin said that this time the course was different from previous.

“Before the course was attended by inmates but now officers too have the opportunity to learn about farming techniques. “

However, Mr. Lin encouraged the officers that they should change their mentality from officers to farmers.

POC Afila Saafi said that he was very fortunate to have been selected to attend the course.
“I want to thank the commissioner for this opportunity especially to be part of the first batch of officers attending the course.
“I have learnt a lot in the past two weeks and I am planning to start my own farm and apply all that I have learnt.”

The course participants were lead by Officer in Charge (OC) Minimum ASP Tupeni Cakautila.
Of 14 officers, two came from Lautoka Prison, two from Ba Prison and eight came from Central Eastern Division.


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