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spokesman for The Nigerian Prisons Service has stated that of the
56,785 inmates in Nigerian prisons, only 17, 775 had been convicted with
the rest awaiting trial according to a Premium Times report.
Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Prisons Service, Ope Fatinikun, made the statements at a media briefing and explained that the prisons system was suffering from inadequate budgetary allotment from the federal government.
Fatinikun also stated that 10 babies with their mothers, 947 male juvenile offenders and 151 foreigners were included in the total count as residents of the congested prison system.
“Our prisons need to be reconstructed as some of them are in deplorable states. The prisons need to be completed especially the ones where construction started over thirty years ago,” Fatinikun said.
Spokesman Fatinikun also said that the prison system was lacking in adequate weaponry and operational provisions in light of serious security threats to the prison system.
“Our facilities have been attacked and burnt down and a total of 46 prisons officers comprising 42 serving and four retired personnel have been killed since the inception of the (Boko Haram) insurgency,” he said.
MTN Launches N10 Recharge Card (Photo)
Subscribers to the telecommunications service provider, MTN Nigeria will, as from Friday (today), have the opportunity to recharge their phones for as low as N10. The Chief Marketing Officer of MTN, Bayo Adekanmbi, revealed this in a statement on Thursday.
According to Adekambi, the initiative, to be launched in Kano, was to ensure that no Nigerian was shut out of the values that the network offers.
“Apart from making it possible for customers to purchase airtime at the lowest rates, it also offers opportunities for small scale entrepreneurs to sell low-unit portion packs of recharge cards as a new revenue stream. Again, everyday people such as Maishayi, neighbourhood stalls, housewives, students, etc would also benefit immensely from this proposition.”
MTN Launches N10 Recharge Card (Photo)
Subscribers to the telecommunications service provider, MTN Nigeria will, as from Friday (today), have the opportunity to recharge their phones for as low as N10. The Chief Marketing Officer of MTN, Bayo Adekanmbi, revealed this in a statement on Thursday.
According to Adekambi, the initiative, to be launched in Kano, was to ensure that no Nigerian was shut out of the values that the network offers.
“Apart from making it possible for customers to purchase airtime at the lowest rates, it also offers opportunities for small scale entrepreneurs to sell low-unit portion packs of recharge cards as a new revenue stream. Again, everyday people such as Maishayi, neighbourhood stalls, housewives, students, etc would also benefit immensely from this proposition.”
MTN Launches N10 Recharge Card (Photo)
Subscribers to the telecommunications service provider, MTN Nigeria will, as from Friday (today), have the opportunity to recharge their phones for as low as N10. The Chief Marketing Officer of MTN, Bayo Adekanmbi, revealed this in a statement on Thursday.
According to Adekambi, the initiative, to be launched in Kano, was to ensure that no Nigerian was shut out of the values that the network offers.
“Apart from making it possible for customers to purchase airtime at the lowest rates, it also offers opportunities for small scale entrepreneurs to sell low-unit portion packs of recharge cards as a new revenue stream. Again, everyday people such as Maishayi, neighbourhood stalls, housewives, students, etc would also benefit immensely from this proposition.”
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