the annual salary of an Army
General, Naval Admiral or Air-
Chief Marshal in the Nigerian
military is N20.69 million or
N1.72 million monthly,
Economic Confidential diligent search has revealed.
In a report obtained by the
Economic Intelligence
magazine on the
Consolidated Armed Forces
Salary Structure of all the rank and file of the armed
forces, starting from a recruit
or trainee to the General,
Admiral and Air Chief
Marshal, a recruit or trainee
goes home with N122,848 annually, Private, Ordinary
Seaman and Aircrafts man/
Woman N639,990, while
lance Corporal and Seaman
also go home annually with
N661,732. The take-home-pay does not
include allowances on special
assignments, military
operations, foreign missions,
duty tours and estacode.
However, from the Economic Confidential investigations
and eventual computations,
there is a great disparity
between the annual salary of
a recruit and a private, with a
difference of about N500,000, while the
difference between a Private
and a Lance Corporal is
merely over N21,000.
Further analysis revealed that
Corporal, Able Seaman and its equivalent in the Air Force
take home N693,426
annually, while a Sergeant
both in the Army and Air
Force and Leading Seaman in
the Navy goes home annually with N809,327,
with a great gap of
N115,000.00.
On that of Staff Sergeant and
its equivalent in the Navy and
the Air Force, their take home pay per annum is
N1,019,226.00, while the
Warrant Officers across the
board is put at N1,192,499,
with a difference of
N173,000. The Master Warrant Officer in
the three arms of the forces
go home with annual salaries
of N1,962,697.00, while
Army Warrant Officer, Navy
Warrant Officer and that of the Air Force Warrant Officer
take home N2,061,520, with
a gap of about N98,000.
Meanwhile, those in training
as cadet officers go home
with a paltry N534,773. As for commissioned officers,
starting with second
lieutenant in the army, Mid-
shipman in the Navy and Pilot
Officer in the Air Force, their
annual salary is N2,245,909, while the next senior rank of
Lieutenant, Sub-lieutenant
and Flying Officer has an
annual salary of N2,620,801
with a disparity of N374,000.
Meanwhile, a Captain in the Army, Lieutenant in the Navy
and Flight Lieutenant in the
Air Force go home with
N2,789,818, while Major,
Lieutenant Commander and
Wing Commander has N2,976,052 annually, with a
difference of about
N186,000.
A Lieutenant Colonel,
Commander or Wing
Commander has an annual salary of N3,895,033, and
when compared with that of
a Major has a huge gap of
N918,000.
The gap also exists between
Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, whose annual salary
is N4,231,579.00 with a
difference of N336,546.00.
Again a Brigadier General’s
annual salary is N8,134,745.
When compared to the Colonel’s salary of
N4,231,579.00, it is a
difference of over N3.9
million.
If you take a glance at the
salary of a Major General, Rear Admiral or Air Vice
Marshal, which is
N16,516,124 and place it
side by side with that of
Brigadier General, the
difference is a whopping N8,381,379!
A Lieutenant General, Vice
Admiral and Air Marshal has
an annual salary of
N17,837,414, while Army
General, Admiral of the navy and Air Chief Marshal all have
an annual salary of
N20,691,400, with a gap of
N2.8 million.
Speaking to Economic
Confidential on the disparities in the CONAFSS, a cross-
section of both retired and
serving military officers
appealed to the authorities to
tinker with the “great gulf” in
the salary structure among the rank and file to act as a
morale booster in the armed
forces apart from
engendering loyalty.
They added that there are
grumblings here and there in the military, which may result
to outburst if not handled
properly.
See the table and the
attachment of the
Consolidated Armed Forces Salary in the Nigerian Military:
http://
economicconfidential.com/
wp-content/
uploads/2016/10/
Economic-Confidential- Salary-of-Nigerian-
Military.pdf

Source:theeagleonline.com.ng/see-what-generals-in-the-army-navy-air-force-earn-complete-table-of-military-pay-t/

1.72m while a Senator earns 12m... impressive