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Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by sarrki(m): 12:53am On Dec 31, 2018
Of the $1 billion approved by the National Assembly for the procurement of military equipment, $877 million has been released, The Nation has learnt.

There has been some controversy over the whereabouts of the money.

Immediately after the Metele, Borno State attacks on the military last month, the controversy got bigger. Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai said the military had not received such cash from the government to boost the anti-Boko Haram and other campaigns.

However, The Nation can confirm that $496,374,470 was released from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the purchase of Super Tucano aircraft from the United States. The payment has been made.

Besides, $380,513,958.71 was released (as first tranche) for the procurement of critical equipment for the Army, the Navy and the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), a source said.

These releases along with other deductions may have contributed to the depletion of the ECA from $3.502 billion in January to $631 million in December 2018.

Finance Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed attributed the “rapid” depletion of the ECA to payments made to the military as approved by the National Assembly.

A source in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) confirmed to The Nation that $876m had since been released to the military. But the source did not give the exact date when the payout was made.

The source also disclosed that the ECA had an opening balance of $3.502 billion in January 2018, made up of $2.451 billion as balance brought forward on the January 1, 2018 and additional inflows of $1.052 billion.

In the course of the year, the source said that $1.761 billion was withdrawn from the ECA as refund to state governments for Paris Club deductions made in the past from the state governments accounts. Besides, $0.233 million was withdrawn and paid to state governments as grants to fund their Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) obligations.

These deductions brought the ECA down to over $600 million balance as at the last Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja.

Gen Buratai did not categorically say how much the military was expecting from the government but said that the government had not released funds to the military to effectively prosecute the war against insurgents across the country.

A member of the Senate Committee on Defence said it was not aware that the fund had been released.



He spoke of how some members of the committee made inquiries, but were not told that part of the $1 billion had been released.

He said: “We are actually in the dark as far as the issue is concerned. It is an important issue. When the Chief of Army Staff said they had not received the money as approved by the National Assembly, some of us made enquiries.

“May be because of the security nature of the fund, the authorities may not want details of the releases to be known. We will definitely follow up, although it may not be for public consumption because of the security implications.”

“We may have to invite relevant authorities to brief us,” the senator, who did not want his identity disclosed, told one of our reporters.

The House of Representatives is investigating the whereabouts of the $1 billion appropriated for the procurement of arms and equipment in the fight against Boko Haram in the Northeast and general insecurity.

President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the release of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment.


http://thenationonlineng.net/govt-orders-877m-arms-fight-boko-haram-others/

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by unohbethel(m): 12:54am On Dec 31, 2018
Reminds me of that statement in 2015 : I will defeat BH in 3 months... Now see where we are now. Look at the amounts being spent almost 800 million yet the end of boko haram is not in sight.....Tunder fire the dullard in aso rock..............for his stupid lies and fake intergrity... infact Buhari is as useless as his Zombie supporters

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by baliyubla: 12:55am On Dec 31, 2018
Always ordering for arms on the pages of newspapers, while using Shagari weapons to fight Boko, no wonder our troops are been decimated daily.

Ba ma yi, ba ma so APC kuma. Back to Daura dole ne.

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by sarrki(m): 12:58am On Dec 31, 2018
Muhammadu Buhari God Bless you
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by sarrki(m): 1:00am On Dec 31, 2018
Enemies of the country wants Nigeria to run into crisis

Innocent Nigerians are with you
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by SalamRushdie: 1:00am On Dec 31, 2018
I hope this is true so the incoming president Atiku will have some weapons to clear Boko haram and Malianherdsmen with..God bless incoming president Atiku

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by sarrki(m): 1:01am On Dec 31, 2018
baliyubla:
Always ordering for arms on the pages of newspapers, while using Shagari weapons to fight Boko, no wonder our troops are been decimated daily.

Ba ma yi, ba ma so APC kuma. Back to Daura dole ne.

Shut up

Always foaming from all sides of the mouth


What is the solution?

All you will say is gilberish

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by ashacot: 1:01am On Dec 31, 2018
You are in my prayers baba buhari

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by sarrki(m): 1:02am On Dec 31, 2018
ashacot:
You are in my prayers baba buhari

You are blessed

God bless you too

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by RevenGeMission: 1:05am On Dec 31, 2018
Those bastards complained it was campaign money

Then they said it was illegal withdrawal

Then they refused to approve it

Then they sponsored fake soldiers to make video about how they are suffering

Meanwhile its them who didn't sign monies for FG to purchase stuffs and pay soldiers

Now they approved it after months of delay


So it's no longer campaign money?
It is no longer illegal?

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by IamD18: 1:06am On Dec 31, 2018
The news will tell us that $877 million has been released to fight Bokoharam.

But at the end of the day, we will realize that the released money was to sponsor the terrorists.

Believe me when I tell you that the shortest way to end this political fvckery and game is to vote Buhari back to Daura.
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by RevenGeMission: 1:08am On Dec 31, 2018
baliyubla:
Always ordering for arms on the pages of newspapers, while using Shagari weapons to fight Boko, no wonder our troops are been decimated daily.

Ba ma yi, ba ma so APC kuma. Back to Daura dole ne.

The Tuscano fighter gets that even Trump confirmed that he made the deal with Buhari for over 500M is also newspaper order?


Brain is paining you

aswearu Gawd

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by SchoolZinicc: 1:11am On Dec 31, 2018
sarrki:
Muhammadu Buhari God Bless you



Aboky, it seems common sense has eluded you completely.
The money has been released to the military authorities whom already shared the funds returning kickbacks to Buhari and his family your lord and saviour.

That's the funds use to purchase Keystone turned Polaris and Etisalat turned 9Mobile and all the news of his family becoming extremely rich overnight with choice houses all over the world.

They only used piece of the remaining change to buy Shagari era of weapons which was given to our boy to face Boko idiotaas with better weapons. Hence the uncommon wanton butchery of our forces in Bama, Metele, Yobe, Zamfara etc..

You should be saying God punish Buhari for refusing to go and die in Daura in peace.

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by bantudra: 1:12am On Dec 31, 2018
wait wait....you do know nigeria transfered over 600million to america of that money to america for those propeller bullshitt,right...??

soo,were is the rest of the money to buy this new weapons coming from....??

i already told you a while ago to use your sense to judge matters than believing everything blindly....
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by baliyubla: 1:13am On Dec 31, 2018
RevenGeMission:


The Tuscano fighter gets that even Trump confirmed that he made the deal with Buhari for over 500M is also newspaper order?


Brain is paining you

aswearu Gawd

Must be the same ones the U.S is not sure of delivering to Nigeria by the year 2023, even after receiving full payment. Abeg just fu.k off my mentions. Wish you Zombies can be taking to Borno and given these 'new arms' to face BHT.
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by bantudra: 1:15am On Dec 31, 2018
sorry,saarki....i didnt read everything before commenting at first..... cry cry

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by RevenGeMission: 1:20am On Dec 31, 2018
baliyubla:


Must be the same ones the U.S is not sure of delivering to Nigeria by the year 2023, even after receiving full payment. Abeg just fu.k off my mentions. Wish you Zombies can be taking to Borno and given these 'new arms' to face BHT.

SmartMowron

Those jets will be manufactured, stripped, and delivered to Nigeria in parts, it's not tokunbo that you can pick in Cotonou then drive home like that

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Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by SchoolZinicc: 1:29am On Dec 31, 2018
RevenGeMission:
Those bastards complained it was campaign money

Then they said it was illegal withdrawal

Then they refused to approve it

Then they sponsored fake soldiers to make video about how they are suffering

Meanwhile its them who didn't sign monies for FG to purchase stuffs and pay soldiers

Now they approved it after months of delay


So it's no longer campaign money?
It is no longer illegal?



It's always surprising how people with low IQ get their fingers over their phone to expose own mental challenge which would have better been kept privately.

If I abuse you now they will ban this account.

Buhari and his goons of forty thieves has already withdrawn the funds from reserves and disbursed (shared it)..

The National Assembly were only blackmail to approve the receipt of the funds which the executive claimed it was urgent and i
of national importance and security.
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by Oweku: 1:34am On Dec 31, 2018
Good move... Go and kill all the rebels..




Meanwhile get a Google chrome browser that pays you for browsing the Internet.. Its free.. Click my signature below
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by sarrki(m): 2:24am On Dec 31, 2018
SchoolZinicc:



Aboky, it seems common sense has eluded you completely.
The money has been released to the military authorities whom already shared the funds returning kickbacks to Buhari and his family your lord and saviour.

That's the funds use to purchase Keystone turned Polaris and Etisalat turned 9Mobile and all the news of his family becoming extremely rich overnight with choice houses all over the world.

They only used piece of the remaining change to buy Shagari era of weapons which was given to our boy to face Boko idiotaas with better weapons. Hence the uncommon wanton butchery of our forces in Bama, Metele, Yobe, Zamfara etc..

You should be saying God punish Buhari for refusing to go and die in Daura in peace.

Shut up and stop rumor mongering
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by Racoon(m): 2:38am On Dec 31, 2018
Some serious questions Nigerians with conscience ought to asked this present evil & cursed government is-which BH is it releasing funds to fight now?

-1).Is this BH different from the ones that were first "technically defeated" then "terribly downgraded" and later "lacking the capacity to carry out mass/organized attacks" yet have long taken the frontal assaults to our helpless military with massive casualties?

-2).Why was this long approved counter-insurgency funds not immediately appropriated after approval was given for it release since early this year?
Who have taken custodian of this funds? Where was it domiciled? How much interest/impress have it generated? Why have nobody been brought to justice as regards this ugly development in Nigeria today.
Or it's another case of President Buhari never been aware of happenings within his government while the cabal held sway?

-3).Why must the APC Regime play politics with the reality of the BH attacks with it endless lies, deception, propagandas,release of high profile BH prisoners while paying them needless staggering ransom,alleged recruitment of some into our military and media blackouts in Nigeria while the precious lives of our military continued to be sacrificed to this senseless self-inflicted war by the northern masses.
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by SchoolZinicc: 2:55am On Dec 31, 2018
sarrki:


Shut up and stop rumor mongering


I have always known you to be shameless, so your senile outburst was expected.

Change your ways.
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by Atotle13: 5:12am On Dec 31, 2018
Is this adding to the $1bn previously released?
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by MallamJackson(m): 5:34am On Dec 31, 2018
sarrki:

Shut up and stop rumor mongering

grin

Choi!.... and that's all you have to say?

shame on you!


ka bani kunya wallahi



#Back2DauraIsAProject
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by MallamJackson(m): 5:39am On Dec 31, 2018
baliyubla:
Always ordering for arms on the pages of newspapers, while using Shagari weapons to fight Boko, no wonder our troops are been decimated daily.

Ba ma yi, ba ma so APC kuma. Back to Daura dole ne.


ka gaya masu!


#Back2DauraIsAProject
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by madridguy(m): 6:10am On Dec 31, 2018
SMH lipsrsealed
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by helinues: 6:45am On Dec 31, 2018
Nigeria army have not been sincere
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by Auxtin85(m): 6:57am On Dec 31, 2018
sarrki:
Muhammadu Buhari God punish you


Amen to that prayers
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by Auxtin85(m): 6:59am On Dec 31, 2018
Another $877 after $1b? Buhari go finish Nigeria
Re: Govt Orders $877m Arms To Fight Boko Haram, Others by Otsam(m): 7:20am On Dec 31, 2018
RevenGeMission:
Those bastards complained it was campaign money

Then they said it was illegal withdrawal

Then they refused to approve it

Then they sponsored fake soldiers to make video about how they are suffering

Meanwhile its them who didn't sign monies for FG to purchase stuffs and pay soldiers

Now they approved it after months of delay


So it's no longer campaign money?
It is no longer illegal?


You must be operating on RAM. The $1b wasn't even taken to the legislators if you can still remember, that was why they protested.the presidency said the money has been released for arms procurement. And where did you read that it has just been released? Or is there another page at the back of this one? And you can only say fake soldiers because none of your people is in the army. All i know is, there is no third term and I'm sure your types knows how you will castigate this regime when another one gives you what you need to do so. But next time, activate your hard disk before showing nairaland how good you are/were as a student.

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