FG To Spend N22.44bn On Feeding Inmates

The Federal Government on Thursday revealed that Nigeria will spend N22.44bn on feeding inmates in correctional centres nationwide.

This is according to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, who disclosed the plan of the Federal Government to spend N22.44bn on feeding inmates at a two-day High Conference on Decongestion and Corrections Management in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Belgore stated that the fund to feed imates is budgeted for in the 2023 Appropriation Act.

He said that there has been a steady rise in the population of the custodial centres with at least 80% of the inmates awaiting trial.

According to him, there are 244 custodial centres 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 female 1,686 female inmates, he noted.

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.

The Federal Government’s proposal on spending N22.44 billions on inmates in Nigeria is coming against the background of recent prison breaks across the country.
GWG.ng reports that a number of stakeholders had in the past called for a review of the management and operations towards checking the outbreaks.

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