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Federal government feeds security dogs better than inmates in prison, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) has said.

The controller-general of the NCS, Haliru Nababa, disclosed this at a t National Assembly Committee on Interior hearing.

He said he has written the minister of interior requesting for the review of the amount they are using to feed the inmates from N750 to N3,000 per day but they are still waiting for approval.

“We are therefore seeking the assistance of the National Assembly to approve the increment.

“We have made provision for the feeding of inmates, dogs and staff on training in six training institutions across the country. The money is grossly inadequate,” the NCS boss said.

According to him, the total number of the inmates in 2023 is 81,354 nationwide while 53,352 are awaiting trial.

Senator Adams Oshiomhole, who is the chairman of the committee asked the NCS team how much it costs them to buy the quantity of the foodstuff and ingredients needed to prepare the meal of a prisoner.

Oshiomhole said, “This is a very important assignment. A lot of Nigerians under your care are innocent. They are in prisons, courtesy of big men and women who want to teach them a lesson. Many of them are there on an offence they knew nothing about. However, the system has put them under your care.

“Somebody said if Mandela was in a Nigerian prison for 27 years, he would have lost his sanity by the time he was released to govern South Africa.

“Our prisons are meant to correct the behaviours of the people. They are not condemnation centres. They are not to dehumanise.

“How can you look us eye to eye and tell us that you feed a grown-up man in Nigeria with N750 a day?

“One thing has come out is that non-convicted Nigerian is being fed with N750 and you feed each of the dogs under your care with N800 per day.

“So, a dog is better fed in the Nigerian prison than an innocent Nigerian in your custody.

“It is a policy issue. We don’t know the intention of government to appropriate money to feed animals than to feed human beings. It is a major policy issue for us,” he added.

“The budget for feeding each of them per day of N751 per day at N250 per meal, per inmate,” the CG said, explaining that the feeding allowance per day would be reduced to N720 after the deduction of VAT and tax.

When the t demanded for the breakdown of the menu being served the prisoners as breakfast, lunch and dinner, the CG and his team said they have the menu of what the prisoners should eat as breakfast, lunch and dinner based on the locality they are being remanded. The CG however said they were not with the menu chart, adding that the quantity of the food and the ingredients needed to prepare it are contained in the chart.

Oshiomhole, wondered how the authorities of the NCS manage to feed the inmates with such paltry sum going by the market price.

The NCS boss said 53,352 or more are not convicted yet, they are awaiting trial.

“They are not guilty of any offence known to law. They are innocent under our laws. For an innocent Nigerian who is being held in a correctional home N250 per meal is grossly inadequate. I wonder what you are feeding them with. They are obviously underfed,” he said.

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Under the last istration, cows were more valuable by humans while under this istration, security dogs have taken over.

Hopefully the next istration will value humans more than animals.

For him to boldly say that means he has documents to back them up, if not he wouldn't have been bold to say that.

Lol

Justice for the inmates.

How can you look us eye to eye and tell us that you feed a grown-up man in Nigeria with N750 a day?
See hypocrisy
But you expect a person to survive on minimum wage of 35000 to feed pay rent and transport,buy clothes and healthcare as well as look after a family

Don't be surprised, they might be paying those dogs salaries ......



That how corrupt the country is.....

dre11:


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APC sees use for dogs than human being. Feed people with crumbles called palliatives.

E mi lo kon

Madness!

I never ever ever ever ever ever imagined that I will miss buhari. Na where the whole thing dey now.

All those people that are always quick to call obi's name I wonder were they have gone. You people are not ashamed of yourselves. Just imagine the scam this apc is dishing left, right and center

Whatever you do in Nigeria, just try not to end up in prison. e get why

Ok

JASONjnr:
Don't be surprised, they might be paying those dogs salaries ......



That how corrupt the country is.....

Ah swr.

Don't commit crime if you don't want to find yourself in this situation where dogs have more values than humans.

Wonderment... Let hope federal government look into this and the prisoners ogas nu go steal the allocation

Have we quickly forgotten that one of Buhari's minister(Lai Mohammed) said it cost about 1,200 to feed a single prisoner. Now the DG NCS has confessed that it is 750 naira per day.

Hmmm

Misplaced priority

Nigerian prison(correctional centre) treatment is no different from dungeon treatments.

What ever you do don’t end up in Nigerian prisons, and I also pray we don’t get incarcerated in Nigerian prisons wrongly, that one is worse

The living conditions in this dungeons is worse than hell, I haven’t been there but tales of those who have is always chilling and unsettling

The dogs must be well fed, infact 🐕 eat more than humans.The inmate are fed only for survival.

Hehehe.

They spend more on dogs than their online ers .

Their darling daddy no send them .

Our judicial system need serious intervention. Many innocent souls languishing in prison with offences they know nothing about and I pray God will come through for them. Whenever things are going tough for you, always be grateful for the gift of freedom and even those in prison are always grateful for the gift of life.

People wey go still loot security dogs' feeding allowance.

Nigeria has gone to dogs

Nothing new here.

We had a choice of changing the old guards in hopes of changing this narrative of corruption, wastage and misappropriation of public funds.

However, we allowed the old guards turn us against each other with tribal and religious sentiments. We forgot all about their treacherous ways and allowed them continue with the old ways.

I will say it again Peter Obi was the closest thing to the reset this country needed.

What happened to our country?
Is this CG sane at all?
How can he be talking about inmates welfare when those even guarding the inmates welfare are not being taken care of.
I work in the Interior Ministry and I know what my colleagues in Correctional Service are ing through..m

Maybe one of them is more useful to the society than the other. But it's unfair that many innocent people are languishing in prisons without trials.

Funny but true

Everything is quite expensive now, including dog food.