The Deputy Comptroller of Corrections of the custodial facility in Suleja, Niger State, Ibrahim Yau, has said managing custodial facilities in Nigeria has become more difficult due to the economic challenges in the country.
Yau made this statement recently during a visit by officials of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, LACoN, to the facility as part of efforts to improve the conditions of inmates and provide free legal services.
He lamented the poor daily feeding allowance which, according to him, is insufficient to provide decent meals for the inmates, adding that the centre’s capacity of 250 inmates has been stretched to 405.
The Deputy Comptroller applauded NGOs for their assistance to the custodial centres, adding that the government cannot do it alone.
Responding, the head of the decongestion unit of LACoN headquarters, Oliver Chukwuma assured that the council would continue to support the decongestion of correctional centres.
He stressed that the Director General, Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar, believes there is a need to adopt visual hearing to drastically reduce the cost of running custodial centres.
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