APCLyingBastard:
As at 1975, Nigeria's defense budget stood at 45% of the total budget with an army total size at 250,000. Compared ten years earlier in 1966 prior to the civil war, the Nigerian army had a standing force of just 10,000 and the military defense was far lower than what was allocated to institutions like the police.

The likes of T.Y. Danjuma remarked on the danger of having such a large armed forces during peacetime and called on the Murtala and recently ousted Gowon govt to begin a process of demobilization. The Nigerian army according to Danjuma was the biggest welfare scheme in Africa where soldeirs were dying of old age.

Today, the Buhari govt is intending on expanding the Nigerian military to 150,000 over the course of 5yrs.

Why exactly do we need to house and feed 150,000 men whose only main task is to kill the very same civilian citizens who through tax payments fund their Yeye no handwork career?

If Buhari thinks the only solution to Nigeria's ever complex and increasing political solution is to use military brute force to subdue dissent then he obviously is really daft.

A large standing army in peacetime comes with a lot of challenges both financial and also political. The cost of maintaining a large army and the risk of having the army become more policitized increases with a large standing army.

Rather than recruit more soldeirs to fight the ever increasing boko jihadists why not look at what is driving recruitment of northern Muslim youth to join boko haram?


Buhari should begin to use the small sense he still has in that his gerriatic brain. Instead of hiring more soldeirs why not hire more teachers to provide education to the almajiri youth? Instead of buying more tanks to kill your citizens why not build more schools ?

resty4:
Some africa cntries hv above 400 th army personnel eg eygpt, ethiopia.
Better b late dan never bt i dnt blv ds gov cos ful of prmses bt never fulfil dem.

APCLyingBastard:




Foolishness.


A large army stands the risk of becoming indiscipline and prone to mutiny and factions.

In the wake of dwindling resources how can the state fund or maintain such a large force of men whose only primary skill is to be proficient in the use of firearms?

Back in 1975 this was a real problem as military men were grossly underpaid which saw to some of the war veterans resorting to armed robbery to augment their low salaries.
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The first signs of a collapsed state is usually a large underfunded and indiscipline army.

This policy of militarization will not work to solve our political problems. Only sincere dialogue and pragmatic political solutions will.

Make una try to dey use brain

ZombieNation:
Foolishness of the highest order.

In a time most of the developed nations are scaling down on the numerical strength of their military in preference of a lean mean killing machine, this dunce thinks modern warfare is down to the number of potential bullet catchers.

This move is geared towards absolviing more of his illiterate bokos into the army which he intends to send to their graves fighting jihad for Saudi Arabia.

Let the nonsense continue under the dullard

idupaul:


So you think 200k men to defend a nation of 180 million is too much . For urgent information was the numerical strength of the Army after the civil war before Obasanjo scaled them down to 100. .please show me any nation above a 100 millions that has less fighting men that Nigeria

idupaul:


So you think 200k men to defend a nation of 180 million is too much . For urgent information was the numerical strength of the Army after the civil war before Obasanjo scaled them down to 100. .please show me any nation above a 100 millions that has less fighting men that Nigeria

Obiagelli:
More recurrent expenditure, I prefer better equiped police, state policing as a matter of fact

Obiagelli:
More recurrent expenditure, I prefer better equiped police, state policing as a matter of fact

idupaul:


So you think 200k men to defend a nation of 180 million is too much . For urgent information was the numerical strength of the Army after the civil war before Obasanjo scaled them down to 100. .please show me any nation above a 100 millions that has less fighting men that Nigeria

IbnSultaan:




Army under manned due to
population size and need in various ISO across the country
peacekeeping missions.

ZombieNation:


Is the army waging war on its citizens?

The US population is 350 million but they are scaling down on their army

China has come out to state that it will reduce its military force of 3 million to a million. This is China with over 1.5bn people

What logic other than to kill and intimidate your own citizenry warrants this foolishness?

With Nigeria heading for serious recession and bankruptcy how does the dullard hope to maintain such large force of men during peacetime?


The army is not designed for civilian policing but for existential and external threats.

Review our constitution and corporate unity since all conflicts in Nigeria stem from that weak document.

Nigeria's civil unrest are first and foremost politically induced and as such only sincere dialogue and not brute force can solve it.

They want full sharia in the north, I say let them have it.

The Niger Delta wants full resource control, then why not? After all its their oil

The Biafrans want a return to true republic. You hate them and are quick to attack then in your north. Grant them their autonomy and see if they will venture into your sharia enclave

IbnSultaan:


We are seriously undermanned in terms of security operatives.
DSS under manned reason for inability to cover all grounds to acquire crucial Intel's.
police undermanned their number ineffective to cover our large land mass n population

Army under manned due to
population size and need in various ISO across the country
peacekeeping missions.


Don't forget the GOAL IS TO INCREASE NUMBERS ALONG SIDE ENQUIRING NMODERNIZATIONN

Ikengawo:
lol if a company that is borrowing it's entire budget tells you they're hiring 200,000 people.. would you buy stock in the company?
The naira is now 335 to the dollar
government can't pay for staff at the moment
all states are cutting
the price of oil will drop to 10 dollars next year from 30 now, and 120 last year


you're now telling me you're hiring 200,000 more people?


Abok3 governance. Soldiers aren't cows.

Obiagelli:
More recurrent expenditure, I prefer better equiped police, state policing as a matter of fact

idupaul:


So you think 200k men to defend a nation of 180 million is too much . For urgent information was the numerical strength of the Army after the civil war before Obasanjo scaled them down to 100. .please show me any nation above a 100 millions that has less fighting men that Nigeria

ZombieNation:


Is the army waging war on its citizens?

The US population is 350 million but they are scaling down on their army

China has come out to state that it will reduce its military force of 3 million to a million. This is China with over 1.5bn people

What logic other than to kill and intimidate your own citizenry warrants this foolishness?

With Nigeria heading for serious recession and bankruptcy how does the dullard hope to maintain such large force of men during peacetime?


The army is not designed for civilian policing but for existential and external threats.

Review our constitution and corporate unity since all conflicts in Nigeria stem from that weak document.

Nigeria's civil unrest are first and foremost politically induced and as such only sincere dialogue and not brute force can solve it.

They want full sharia in the north, I say let them have it.

The Niger Delta wants full resource control, then why not? After all its their oil

The Biafrans want a return to true republic. You hate them and are quick to attack then in your north. Grant them their autonomy and see if they will venture into your sharia enclave