The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) says it has about 3167 inmates on death row in it’s centers across the country.
The Controller General of the service, Haliru Nababa, who made the disclosure at a media parley Thursday in Abuja, said only 62 women are on death row as opposed to 3,105 men.
Represented by his Principal Staff Officer PSO, DC Momoh Aliyu Salisu, he said “as of Monday, there were 74, 824 inmates in the custodial centres”.
While noting that 50, 955 males and 1,223 females were awaiting trial, he said male convicts are currently 19,150 while female convicts are 339.
Also speaking, the Public Relations Officer of the NCoS, AC Umar Abubakar said the service has put in place several programmes to ensure that inmates learn skills and advance their academic pursuits while behind bars.
He said there are currently over 900 ongoing projects within the Service, stating that by the time the projects are completed, both staff and inmates would have enhanced working and living conditions.
