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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”