Salary increase: Ensure direct transfer of funds for military –Ndume tells Tinubu

Borno South senator, Ali Ndume, has called on President Bola Tinubu to ensure direct transfer of funds for the Nigerian military in the recent approval of salary increase for the Armed Forces.

Ndume, a one time Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, made this call on Tuesday in a statement, stating that the salary review shows that the President has a clear plan to tackle insecurity.

Recall that the President last week approved a salary increment for about 250,000 personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Reacting, the lawmaker said, “The President should ensure direct transfer of this funds to for the military. This coming after his recent expansion of military divisions from eight to 12 shows that Mr. President has his own blueprint aimed at dealing with the scourge of terrorism and banditry.

“The review of salary will go a long way in motivating our military personnel. I have been in the vanguard of better motivation for our men and officers in the military in terms of a decent living wage.

“President Tinubu has once again proved that he is a responsive leader who doesn’t shut his mind to genuine and legitimate agitation of Nigerians,” he said.

However,  the Borno South senator noted that better pay alone will not win the war against insurgency, urging the government to also ensure prompt supply of arms, ammunition and other logistics.