[Adesewa]

   
No fewer than 430 prisoners across the country are pursuing various degree programmes at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

The prisoners were allowed to enroll for the university education as part of new reforms being implemented by the Federal Government to make life out of prison meaningful for the ex-convicts.

National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Prison Service (NPS) Mr. Francis Enebore revealed this in Abuja at a media briefing on the forthcoming Public Presentation of Survey Reports on the Nigerian Prisons.