Nigerian Inmates Gulp N22.44bn On Feeding – FG

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that it would spend N22.4 billion on feeding inmates in prisons across the country.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, disclosed this in a statement on May 11, 2023, at a two-day Conference on Decongestion and Corrections Management in Abuja.

Belgore stated that the said amount has been budgeted for in the 2023 Appropriation Act.

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According to him, the prisons in the country recorded a continuous rise in population with 80 percent of the inmates awaiting trial.

“There are 244 prisons nationwide, with a 75,507-inmate population, thereby leading to 82 of them being overcrowded. The total number of male inmates is 73,821 and 1,686 female inmates.”

He added out of the 75,507 inmates, 52,436 are awaiting trial while 23,071 are convicted persons, with 3,322 as condemned inmates on death row.