Panel Exposes Feeding Fraud in Nigerian Prisons, Urges Daily Allowance Hike to N3,000

An independent Federal Government panel uncovered widespread malnutrition and corruption in the Nigerian Correctional Service. Investigators reviewed 86 facilities across 23 states and the FCT. They held public hearings and studied contract awards, finding inflated feeding contracts and diversion of funds meant for inmate meals. The report cites cases of raw protein rations split among inmates and even deaths linked to poor food. It reveals politically exposed persons and correctional officers profited by subcontracting supplies at rates far below approved levels. To end systemic malnutrition, the panel recommends raising the per-inmate feeding allowance from N750 to N3,000, modernising prison farm centres, boosting in-house food production, and removing profit incentives tied to overcrowding.

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