Nigeria As ISWAP Plans Fresh Attacks, ISIS Reinforce Libya, Syria<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIbrahim argued that the scheme\u2019s budget can\u2019t remain the same when inmates in facilities of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) get N1,000 daily feeding allowance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In October, the senate committee on interior had increased the daily feeding allowance of inmates from N450 to N1,000 daily per person.According to Ibrahim, Nigeria cannot afford to prioritise feeding of \u201ccriminals\u201d over corps members who are \u201cputting their lives in service for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe only thing that I will tell you here is that sometimes last year, I promised the committee at the NYSC, we are putting on our thinking cap, that I don\u2019t want us to always go cap in hand begging for funds so that, at least, we should do something to bring revenue to the table,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis I did last year and we generated over N280m which we paid into the Federation Account.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our challenge is in the area of feeding. The budgetary approval for feeding per corps member is N650, which is grossly inadequate. By the time you divide it by three meals (per day), that is N216 per meal. So, we are appealing to this committee to please help us out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven recently, at the Ministry of Interior, the feeding of prisoners was increased to N1,000. So, if we can feed criminals with N1,000, our graduates are putting their lives in the service of our country. I pray that this committee should please do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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