The Nigerian Army has reacted to a letter by Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) and Senior Non Commissioned Officers (SNCO) rejecting the proposed Nigerian Army Welfare Housing Scheme (NAWHS)
The group had in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari described the proposed Nigerian Army Welfare Housing Scheme as mere fraud.
The open letter co-signed by 05NA/57/2084 SGT Yusuf Shetima,04NA/55/0925 CPL James Ibok, 09NA/62/5578 LCPL Danladi Ibrahim,11NA/66/10622 LCPL Afolabi Showumi and 13NA/70/11034 PTE Lucky Dolph, accused the Commissioned Officers of “eating fat” while they starved.
”We write to reject the proposed plan of the Nigerian Army to further increase their tempo in a way of continuous swindling and to put us and our family into persistent suffering of hunger and starvation.
Views: Visits 5 Chief of Army Staff, Major General I. Attahiru By Kingsley Omonobi Assures perpetrators of ‘Strange Act’ will be uncovered. Authorities of the Nigerian Army have decried the resort to use of social media by some “agent provocoteurs” within the Army to demonize a housing scheme being proposed for the benefit of personnel and their families and the claim that the scheme has been rejected. Expressing curiousity that a scheme meant to benefit soldiers and families could be so fragantly twisted in the social media using names and numbers that are alien to the Nigerian Army, the Army headquarters disclosed that members of the Nigerian Army have established mechanisms of responding to administrative issues and resort to social media is not one of them.
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By Kingsley Omonobi Assures perpetrators of ‘Strange Act’ will be uncovered.
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have decried the resort to use of social media by some “agent provocoteurs” within the Army to demonize a housing scheme being proposed for the benefit of personnel and their families and the claim that the scheme has been rejected.
Expressing curiousity that a scheme meant to benefit soldiers and families could be so fragantly twisted in the social media using names and numbers that are alien to the Nigerian Army, the Army headquarters disclosed that members of the Nigerian Army have established mechanisms of responding to administrative issues and resort to social media is not one of them.
Military Authorities Owe Us Uniform, Boot Allowances, We Can’t Afford Housing Scheme – Soldiers Tell Army Chief
The soldiers, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Saturday on the condition of anonymity, said the official statement of the Nigerian Army that the soldiers were duly consulted on the scheme was not true as nobody sought their consent or opinions.
by Saharareporters, New York
May 15, 2021
Aggrieved soldiers affected by the Nigerian Army’s controversial Welfare Housing Scheme have lamented that the army is owing them uniform and boot allowances and still wants to make deductions from their salary in the name of a housing scheme.
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The Nigerians Army has threatened to deal decisively with personnel who resort to the use of social media to engage the authorities.
Reacting to the rejection of the Nigerian Army Welfare Housing Scheme (NAWHS) by Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) and Senior Non Commissioned Officers (SNCO), the Director Army Public Relations Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, in a statement, said members of the Nigerian Army have established mechanisms of responding to administrative issues and not through social media.
In an open letter to President Muhamamadu Buhari and co-signed by 05NA/57/2084 SGT Yusuf Shetima, 04NA/55/0925 CPL James Ibok, 09NA/62/5578 LCPL Danladi Ibrahim,11NA/66/10622 LCPL Afolabi Showumi and 13NA/70/11034 PTE Lucky Dolph, soldiers accused the Commissioned Officers of “eating fat”, while they starved.