Nigerian Soldiers Lament Hunger, Neglect, Non-payment Of Allowances Amid War Against Terrorists, Other Non-State ActorsThe soldiers in their cry for urgent intervention by the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Defence Staff, Theatre Commander and the General Commanding Officer of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, lamented acute hunger, saying they are not properly fed. They also lamented the non-payment of their allowances.
The soldiers lamented that they are not given good food and enough food and that they eat meat once a month, buy medicine from public medical vendors due to poor medication, and bribe to get welfare passes to get out of the bush and see their families. “How can a soldier who has spent all his life fighting the enemy not be given good food to have the strength to stand and fight well?
In a similar development, soldiers in the Nigerian Military School have lamented nonpayment of their Instructor Allowance for the first quarter of the year while according to them, their counterparts in other army schools like Nigerian Depot Army, Nigerian Defence Academy, Nigerian Army School of Language, Nigerian Army College of Education, Nigerian Army School of Medical Sciences, Nigerian Army School of Nursing and Nigerian Army School of Armour have been receiving their allowances.
According to them, the instructor allowance is usually paid quarterly and in the Army, there are four quarters which are based on three months per quarter. “These soldiers in training schools are not entitled to much allowances and the little IA of N75,000 after three months, cannot be paid.