Alarming Revelation: Nigerian Soldier Reportedly Receives Meager N1,200 As Daily Allowance, Says Ndume

Ndume claimed that a soldier is being paid an allowance of N1,200 as his daily money and N2000 as Duty Tour Allowance (DTA), stating that the Nigerian government last increased the salaries of security agents in 2008.

The Borno lawmaker, therefore, asked the Federal Government to urgently review the stipends and salaries of serving military personnel.

He said: “The recruits are paid less than N50,000 in some cases. How can you pay somebody money that cannot buy him a bag of rice, and you expect him to go and sacrifice and put in his best?

“How can you pay a Nigerian Army, for example, an allowance of N1,200 as his daily money and pay him N2000 only as Duty Tour Allowance (DTA) and put him in the theatre? Some from Lagos, Oyo, and Ondo moved to Maiduguri.

“Their parents are expecting that they will send them something monthly, and you pay the guy N50,000 or less. These are the major challenges that the government must rise to.”

He asked the government to recruit more security operatives, especially to make up for the deficit manpower in the Nigerian Police Force as well as the Nigerian Army.

Ndume also urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to ensure adequate equipment for the military to address the nation’s threats and boost their morale.

“What the President must do is to review the salaries of the Nigerian armed forces because it was last reviewed in 2008, we are in 2023.