The Nigerian Correctional Service has spent over N3.3bn on feeding awaiting trial inmates over the course of two months, Sunday PUNCH gathered.
As of early January 2025, the number of awaiting-trial inmates stood at 48,932, and by the end of February, this number had risen to 53,254, the NCoS revealed on its website.
This increase in the number of inmates, coupled with the feeding allowance per inmate, which was raised by President Bola Tinubu…
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