The Federal government spends N1 million annually catering for each inmate at the correctional facilities in the country, says the minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola.
Aregbesola said the control of correctional services with enormous demands for infrastructure, equipment and maintaining the welfare of inmates has been a considerable challenge for the government.
The approved sum for feeding inmates is over 1 per cent of the 2023 budget, which is 21.83 trillion, much of which will be funded by international loans.
The authorities blame the huge amount partly on the increasing number of inmates in custodial facilities nationwide