“The statistics ratio of federal and state offenders is mind-boggling and worrisome.”
President Muhammadu Buhari is spending N22.44 billion in 2023 to feed 75,507 inmates in prisons nationwide.
He, however, said that President Muhammadu Buhari was happy with the transformation of the working environment going on at the correctional service.
On the forthcoming election, Mr Belgore said the ministry had launched an application called N-Alerts to enable Nigerians to report security issues during the elections.
Mr Aregbesola said the federal government frowned at all illegalities and would not condone individuals’ procurement of fake visas to gain false entry into another country.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, Afonja Ajibola, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Mr Aregbesola urged Nigerians to ensure that the country remains united and peaceful so that development can thrive.
The government declared Monday May 2 and Tuesday May 3 as holidays to mark Workers Day and Eid el-Fitr.
The federal government will soon begin inspection of organisations to grant additional slots of expatriate quota facilities and renewal of expatriate quota positions.