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Published 13 May 2021
Non-Commissioned Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers have rejected the proposed Nigerian Army Welfare Housing Scheme, dismissing it as mere fraud.
In an open letter to the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), 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, the men accused the Commissioned Officers of “eating fat while we starved.”
The letter read in part: “On behalf of the entire Non Commissioned Officers, and the Senior Non commissioned Officers, 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.”