IS NIGERIA REALLY SPENDING N14,000 TO FEED EACH PRISONER PER DAY

A news headline caught my attention a couple of days ago about a statement credited to Nigeria’s Minister of Interior Abdulrahman Dambazau in which he claimed that Nigeria spends N14,000 to feed each prisoner daily. My jaws dropped as I read the contents of the news with shocking disbelief.

In 2015, statistics shows that the Nigerian government increased the daily feeding allowance of prisoners from N2.50k to N3.50k then how in the devil’s name did N3.50k suddenly jumped to N14,000 in just a year?

Before I continue, recall that Abdulrahman Dambazau was the same character caught on tape using an officer of Nigeria’s State Security Service to clean his shoes in public…

Let us take a look at this as well:

14,000 to feed a single prisoner daily

N18,000 is Nigeria’s monthly minimum wage

That means a typical Nigerian prisoner earns N420,000 monthly for just being in prison. If that is the case, why don’t we all migrate to the prisons.

Nigeria’s prison population is estimated at about 57,000 inmates with more than 70% of that number still awaiting trial and our government spends N10 billion every year on feeding prisoners.

It is now clear to us how all the money the government is getting back from yesterday’s looters is making its way into the hands of today’s silent looters.

We now know why there has been increasing economic hardship in the country ever since this government came into power.

Our government should not keep pretending that they are fighting corruption by turning a blind eye on the corruption that is busy eating its intestines.

The youth lacks employment, 5 pieces of tomatoes now cost N500 in our markets today. The other day at the petrol station, I had to act violent just to make sure the pump attendant doesn’t rip me off my money by selling incomplete fuel to me at N145 per liter. Nigerians are tired of leaving their beds at 2am just to be early enough to be in the front line of never ending fuel queues.

How can Nigeria be feeding a prisoner with N14,000 daily when most of its prestigious universities across the country are either locked up or on strike?

The government of the day needs to wake up from its slumber and start acting right. It is already too late to pass a nation’s budget half way into the year.

Crime, terrorism and militancy has been on the high rise for the past couple of months due to the incessant economic gag placed on our necks by the same people we AFFECTIONATELY voted into power.

It is not a surprise for me when I heard the British Prime Minister labeling my country as a “FANTASTICALLY CORRUPT NATION”

Well, the head of our government didn’t demand an apology from Britain. This applies to us as well, WE DO NOT NEED THE GOVERNMENT’S APOLOGY, WE DON’T NEED THEM TO TELL US THAT THEY ARE IN TOUCH WITH OUR PAINS.

THEY SHOULD JUST START ACTING RIGHT BEFORE THEY PUSH US TO THE WALL, TERMINATE THE APPOINTMENTS OF CROOKS LIKE THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR ABDULRAHMAN DAMBAZAU, PUMP MONEY INTO THE ECONOMY BEFORE THEY LEAD US DOWN THE ROAD TO SOMALIA, MEXICO OR WORSE KIGALI.

My name is Ayo Adeyemi, You can download more of my videos and read my articles on www.mysocialnaija.com and I am just trying to “Say It As It Is”

IS NIGERIA REALLY SPENDING N14,000 TO FEED EACH PRISONER PER DAY