FG to spend whopping N22.4bn to feed prison inmates

  • The Federal Government has said it will spend N22.44 billion to feed Nigerian prison inmates in 2023
  • Permanent secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, made this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday, May 11, while calling for the reform of correctional facilities in Nigeria
  • Belgore noted that the huge amount was further influenced by the increasing number of inmates in custodial facilities across the country

The Federal Government on Thursday, May 11, disclosed that it would spend N22.4 billion on feeding inmates in Correctional centres across the country.

The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore made this disclosure during a two-day high conference on decongesting and corrections management in Abuja, The Nation reported.