President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has agreed to grant university education completely free to all prison inmates across the country, if they are interested.
In a statement signed by the Director, Media and Publicity of NOUN, Ibrahim Sheme, said the Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, announced the largess given to prison inmates. It is first of its kind in the country.
According to Ibrahim, “Having suffered abandonment by relatives, emotional and physical confinement, prison inmates will see such gesture from NOUN as a measure to reduce their burden.
