Documents obtained by Saturday PUNCH show that the military is not truthful in its denial of its intention to bar women cadets from being admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy as combatant officers.

The 32-page document, which is marked ‘restricted’, shows the ‘Terms and Conditions of Service Officers 2012’ and new amendments made to it, one of which is the stopping of the programme for female combatant officers.

The PUNCH had exclusively reported on Monday that the military was set to end the programme due to pressure from some northern conservatives. The issue is already being investigated by the House of Representatives.

However, the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, had said in a rebuttal that, “The contents of all those publications are ill-intended concoctions, not authentic and should, therefore, be disregarded completely.”

He added that the extant “provision in the terms and conditions of service for female officers of the Nigerian military is that ‘they are eligible for all the types of commission that are grantable to their male counterparts’, which has not changed.”

Saturday PUNCH, which has since obtained documents, can confirm that Recommendation 19 of the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of the Armed Forces of Nigeria reads: “Phase out the training of female regular combatant cadets.”

The recommendation was recently added to the 2012 Terms and Conditions of Service Officers (revised).

Recommendation 19 reads, “Phase out training of female regular combatants for the AFN (Armed Forces of Nigeria).”

The recommendations were added to the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service Officers 2017 by the Armed Forces Council, which was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari last week but had yet to be made public.

The PUNCH had reported that the military authorities had caved in to pressure from northern conservatives who were of the view that women should never be in a position where they would one day head the military.

A source in the army said, “It seems the military may back down from its plan to stop the Regular Course training for women following the uproar The PUNCH report caused.

“However, the denial that there was no plan to stop the programme is a big lie because documents show otherwise. Since the programme began in 2011, many northern conservatives have been trying to undermine it at every turn.

“One of the reasons why it met little opposition under former President Goodluck Jonathan was that he ensured that almost all the service chiefs, except Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, were southern/northern Christians or Muslims from the more liberal North-Central.”

In 2010, the then President, Jonathan, had ordered the military to allow females interested in becoming combatant officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces to be admitted into the NDA for the first time ever.

The then Minister of Defence, Adetokumbo Kayode, had said other countries in Africa were “already doing it and they are not better than us.”

http://punchng.com/ban-on-female-combatants-documents-expose-militarys-cover-up/amp/

Why are they denying now

Nija militr3 and lie is inseprable.

http://punchng.com/military-stops-admission-of-combatant-female-cadets/amp/
Meanwhile they earlier refuted this claim here:https://mobile.twitter.com/DefenceInfoNG/status/930459229810458624
APC government cum Nigerian Army of lies,lies,lies,lies, lies,lies and lies.No iota of truth in the Buhari's government or any of its agencies.
No qualms! The regime took its origin from lies,deceit and propaganda.

Lies and apc always walk hand in hand since 20BC

what do they gain by all these lies. when they know the truth will eventually be published. I'm starting to think that this people a stupid. Obviously, every statement is investigated and interpreted by the media, so why lie?


right now, am like

how can you be a psychopath and still be stupid at the same time,

why not choose a struggle.

I wonder what is even combatant in women that keep presenting flimsy excuses ranging from pregnancy to other feminine issues when real combatant deployment of troops is being done. Go to any military establishment and see the lousiness and indiscipline of the female officers and other ranks. Infact, the women are even partly responsible for the fallen regimentality of the Nigerian Armed Forces. A situation where females disregard orders from their superiors because one oga at the top dey shine her congo is not acceptable in the armed forces. short service is okay for females as far as I'm concerned.

They had to deny due to the backlash it generated. Now it may be effected secretly. It's targeted at a section of the country

python1:
I wonder what is even combatant in women that keep presenting flimsy excuses ranging from pregnancy to other feminine issues when real combatant deployment of troops is being done. Go to any military establishment and see the lousiness and indiscipline of the female officers and other ranks. Infact, the women are even partly responsible for the fallen regimentality of the Nigerian Armed Forces. A situation where females disregard orders from their superiors because one oga at the top dey shine her congo is not acceptable in the armed forces. short service is okay for females as far as I'm concerned.

I just weak for you... #speechless

Modified: Now I have my strength back...Phew!!! Stop typing rubbish okay, I lived in the barrack for 16 years of my life and the women are mentally tough just same way the men are. Disregard for orders has nothing to do with gender. Stop writing rubbish okay! You know nothing!

I don't understand why this is not on front page. If this was a story about a snake or monitor lizard it would be on front page. Who are the children moderating this section? This is a story from PUNCH not even all these roadside bloggers. Come on!

Raziii:
I just weak for you... #speechless

Go to any military establishment, you will find out that the female officers are the most indiscipline and lousiest. Infact, there is one colonel that said if he has his way, he will pay off all females, both officers and other ranks. And fyi, he is from delta state.

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Raziii:
I just weak for you... #speechless

Now I have my strength back...Phew!!! Stop typing rubbish okay, I lived in the barrack for 16 years of my life and the women are mentally tough just same way the men are. Disregard for orders has nothing to do with gender. Stop writing rubbish okay! You know nothing!

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Rubbish. If there is any soldier or officer here, he will comfirm it. Females are the lousiest. Excuses everywhere. Nonsense. How many of them are in sambisa? Is that not where combatants is? It is only females that are deployed based on where their husband are based, maternity leave etc, so many excuses and you call that rubbish combatant. Abeg go siddon with this trash.

python1:

Go to any military establishment, you will find out that the female officers are the most indiscipline and lousiest. Infact, there is one colonel that said if he has his way, he will pay off all females, both officers and other ranks. And fyi, he is from delta state.

That's a big fat lie from the pit of hell!!!

python1:
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Rubbish. If there is any soldier or officer here, he will comfirm it. Females are the lousiest. Excuses everywhere. Nonsense.

What do you even mean by Lousy in this context?

This is foolishness of the highest order from disjonted hypocritical religious bigots who does not even understand the true doctrine of Islam. It is on record that some Arab countries has female combatants. Why are some Nigerians so backward and daft!

Raziii:
What do you even mean by Lousy in this context?

Abeg go sit down, I no fit shout. How many female soldiers and officers are in sambisa?

python1:

Abeg go sit down, I no fit shout. How many female soldiers and officers are in sambisa?

what's the ratio of men to women in the military?

Raziii:
what's the ratio of men to women in the military?

Whatever the ratio, why is that ratio not reflected in sambisa? How many of them can even stay in the bush for 2 months without coming up with all those their feminine issues? Abeg bye, e don do.

python1:
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Rubbish. If there is any soldier or officer here, he will comfirm it. Females are the lousiest. Excuses everywhere. Nonsense. How many of them are in sambisa? Is that not where combatants is? It is only females that are deployed based on where their husband are based, maternity leave etc, so many excuses and you call that rubbish combatant. Abeg go siddon with this trash.

Please stop exposing your ignorance to the public. Must you post?

factsandfigures:
Please stop exposing your ignorance to the public. Must you post?

Prove me wrong pls or stfu and stay off my mention.

We all knew the govt of Buhari was lying because they have never told a single truth fom day one so we fidnt expect this to be different

This kind of document header cant be the ordinary "restricted" that follows every armed forces document, the header would have been "secret". Besides is thst like a post card or something? Rubbish!

Now the physical evidence surfaces, let the Military come up with yet another spurious denials.
The Northern Cabals continue to think the Nigerian Military is theirs and try to manipulate it to their advantage and subject it to redundancies.
They have refused to up the minimum entry requirement into the Military to be Degree to allow Professionalism and efficiency, all because they feel it won't serve the Northern agenda.
And now they try to stop female admissions into combatant course cos it also doesn't favor their Northern interest.
Anything that doesn't favor the North, they oppose it and try to kill it.
It is their way.

mychiveous:
Nija militr3 and lie is inseprable.

How about the soul in the body?