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Nicotine patches are being issued, but concerns linger.
Nicotine patches are being issued, but concerns linger.
Changes to the jail's banking system were recommended in 2017.
The Federal Government on Thursday revealed that Nigeria will spend N22.4 billion feeding inmates in correctional centres nationwide.This is according to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, who disclosed this at a two-day High Conference on Decongestion and Corrections Management in Abuja, the nation’s capital.Belgore stated that the fund 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.
Changes to the jail's banking system were recommended in 2017.