Soldiers of the 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, headquartered in Kaduna, have cried out that their monthly salaries are being deducted by the Army Finance Department without explanations. Their outrage is contained in a letter to the Director of Army Finance Accounts (DAFA). The letter, exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, said the unexplained deductions have gone on for 17 months.
According to the letter, a staff sergeant, who is on a monthly salary of N73,500 is docked N8,500 monthly, leaving him with N65,000.
Sergeants, who should earn N65,000 have been having N7,000 deducted without explanation, leaving them with a take-home pay of N58,000. Corporals entitled to N58,000 monthly are being paid N52,000, while Lance Corporals are paid N49,000 instead of N52,000 as prescribed by the Army salary structure for officers in that category.
In the letter, the soldiers called on the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, to look into their complaints.
Some of the affected soldiers serving in 1 Brigade Sokoto, 35 Battalion, and 3 Brigade Kano told SaharaReporters that there is anger within the lower cadre in the I Division.
“I am a corporal, and my monthly salary, which is supposed to be N58,000:00 has been slashed to N52,000. I was given a letter signed by Brigadier General C.O Udeh, the then Commander of the 1 Brigade, Sokoto, to the Finance Department of 1 Division, Nigerian Army in Kaduna, but the complaint received no response,” said a soldier.
Some soldiers also lamented that they were promoted to the next rank since September 1, 2014, and 2015 respectively, but they are still being paid salaries on account of their previous ranks.
A soldier promoted to the rank of sergeant on 1 September 2015 said he was paidN1,990 as his promotion arrears on 30 January 2016. He also complained that he is still being paid the old salary even after he was paid the measly promotion arrears.
The affected soldiers include those carrying gunshot injuries sustained while on deployment to "Operation Zaman Lafiya," which has been renamed "Operation Lafiya Dole."

http://saharareporters.com/2016/06/14/soldiers-write-chief-army-staff-over-illegal-deduction-their-salaries


lalasticlacla ,mynd44 Lets help this living heros to register their grievances.

Kai army,anytin were army put hand e go dey polluted,very corrupt set of mdfckers,I feel sad wen I hear or see young dudes wan to join nigeria army.
There is more to just wearing khaki,u have sold ur peace n its just only pains n sorrow.

Bad eggs again in Nigeria army. Like we always say if Nigeria cannot kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria. Government need to do something asap. The era of Gej impunity has gone, everyone must account for his deeds.

You don't joke with the salaries of security men and take the salaries of political officers seriously.
wailers should wail
zombies should voice out
and make these people voice heard.

daniska3yaro:
Kai army

Kai Buhari

zombies will come and defend their master.....

korel9:


Kai Buhari

Pavarottii:
They should tell d army is CHANGE. So they had to be change in their salaries. .
Buhari govt. Broke govt.

Why can't you take five minutes to read and understand the post?

The deductions have been on since 17 months ago (sometimes around January 2015) when the IB was still in charge.

Why the soldiers have not found a way to cry out to the media long before now is absurd.

Every worker, especially those fighting to keep us safe deserves to be paid as and when due.

Buratai, heads must roll for this crime.

Eyah

Hmmmmm

Nawa o!!

See Wetin dem dey pay solider!

Poor

my eyes deceiving me or what? why are they paid poorly
so people fighting boko haram this is what they earn?

a man leaves his family and goes to fight (probably die in borno because of this meagre amount?

and the money isn't fort coming self..

I know this for sure. Niger delta militants are paid heavily above 150,000k per month. you can't send these unmotivated men to fight them no matter the training

Nigeria should upgrade the salary of this men pls.

They should tell d army is CHANGE. So they had to be change in their salaries. .
Buhari govt. Broke govt.

Grabs a seat ......warrisdis??

Why so much fraud in the army?

Upon this economy hardship some people get mind to dey deduct salary.

Some men are just evil.

Corruption has really become part & parcel of Nigerians. Such that even fighting it sparks General outrage.
Whatever name they choose to call this, FOR THE MERE FACT THAT THEY REFUSED TO NOTIFY THE SOLDIERS APPROPRIATELY & AS PROPER, THOSE BEHIND THIS SHOULD BE DISMISSED as a deterrent to others.
#God bless Nigeria
#God Bless our President
#Greatagain.

These thieves are still at it? Se won fi se wa ni Ndi uchu Why pilfering on people's pay

Why can't we just do things right in this country for once?

Lolz, even the Armies also cry

J

Oh well!

Corruption in our military am very sure head will start rolling Buhari and Buratai will look into their grievance .Buhari have a lot of work to do because Nigeria and corruption are like this..

Pls Buhari and Buratai Help them

Buhari sef

Abeg govt, pls look into the grievances of dis gallant men, who puts their life on line to make sure we have a peaceful country

korel9:


Kai Buhari

Must you always shout Kai Buhari even when the said article have nothing to do with him ,your hatred for the man is getting out of control you need deliverance to rebuke your foolishness.

Corruption everywhere even inside buhari's family

PassingShot:


Why can't you take five minutes to read and understand the post?

The deductions have been on since 17 months ago (sometimes around January 2015) when the IB was still in charge.

Why the soldiers have not found a way to cry out to the media long before now is absurd.

Every worker, especially those fighting to keep us safe deserves to be paid as and when due.

Buratai, heads must roll for this crime.

Where d head dey roll go. U no know say Nigeria finance Don tie wrapper. Abi u no read say cross river house of rep don't av money to buy diesel to carry out their duties. Abi u don't know federal govt are owing teachers and teaching hospital staffs? Or u didn't read wen Adesoun said we are borrowing to pay salaries, abi u didn't read wen she said we can't keep up with 65billion wage bill per month, or u didn't read wen FG said they can't achieve d budget 100% anymore.
Or u don't know d economy is going into recession?

This is kwaruption.

abdul4new:

Must you always shout Kai Buhari even when the said article have nothing to do with him ,your hatred for the man is getting out of control you need deliverance to rebuke your foolishness.

Seun, lalasticlala and co, what do you have to say to this comment before I tell this zombie how re-tarded his father is?

Or is Buhari his father's name?

Pavarottii:

Where d head dey roll go. U no know say Nigeria finance Don tie wrapper. Abi u no read say cross river house of rep don't av money to buy diesel to carry out their duties. Abi u don't know federal govt are owing teachers and teaching hospital staffs?

Which teachers/teaching staff is the FG owing.

Accept the fact that this fraud started during the IB time and move on.