BREAKING: Tinubu approves salary increases for military personnel

President Bola Tinubu has approved wage increases of betwixt 30 and 80 percent for Nigeria’s equipped forces personnel.

A connection by the president’s Special Adviser connected Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, connected Tuesday said astir 250,000 unit are to payment from the caller deal.

According to the statement, nether the caller arrangement, which becomes effectual from September 1, officers supra the fertile of colonel volition bask a 30 per cent wage increase. This applies to Brigadier-Generals, Major-Generals, Lieutenant Generals and Generals.

The connection added that unit from colonel down to warrant serviceman volition person a 50 per cent increase, portion Private to Staff Sergeant volition person an 80 per cent increase.

It said that the wage bundle volition summation the yearly wage measure for the country’s equipped forces unit from N660 cardinal to N924 billion.

It further said that the President has ever praised the courageousness and sacrifices of members of the equipped forces arsenic they face the scourge of banditry, kidnapping and coercion successful immoderate parts of the country.

“The men and women who assistance to support america harmless successful our homes indispensable beryllium supported and appreciated successful the people of their duties to our nation.

“Our medication volition proceed to prioritise unit payment and modernise the equipped forces by providing the weapons and technological tools needed to disc...