Economic hardship: Providing decent meals for inmates is now a struggle – Comptroller.

Ibrahim Yau, the Deputy Comptroller of Corrections of the custodial facility in Suleja, Niger State, 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, DailyPost reports.

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.