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By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that a new approach be applied to hasten the decongestion of prisons in the country. According to president, the congestion of Nigerian prisons is a national scandal that must be addressed immediately through a new approach to save the country from further embarrassment. Buhari spoke when he hosted a delegation of the judicial arm of government led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, at the presidential villa, Abuja. "We need a new approach to prisons decongestion. It is a national scandal that many prisons are overcrowded by up to 90 per cent. Urgent new measures should be put in place to speedily decongest prisons not only in the interest of justice but to save cost for prisons maintenance and enhance the welfare of prisoners", he stated.go.comyohaig.ng</a> He said the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice had since requested...