The Nigerian Army, in a post on Facebook,
has recently broken silence following the
voluntary discharge of about 243 soldiers
from the Armed Force. In the post that
was shared on the official Facebook page
of the Nigerian Army on Saturday, 20th
August 2022, the Nigerian revealed that
the voluntary retirement or discharge of
soldiers is a routine in the Nigerian army.

The Nigerian Army also pointed that there
has been an allegation that soldiers of the
Nigerian Army have been voluntarily retiring from the Armed Force because of alleged corruption, poor service conditions and low morale.

While refuting this allegation, the Nigerian Army said that the allegation is nothing but a concoction of the imagination of the unrepentant enemies of the nation.

Further in the post, the Nigerian Army
explained that the Armed Force is not a
conscript Army and that the recruitment of
soldiers into the Force is voluntary with
extant policy on discharge and retirement
of soldiers.

The Armed Force explained that this
provides its personnel the opportunity to
apply for voluntary discharge whenever
they deem fit and meet the terms and
conditions as described in the Harmonized
Terms and Conditions of Service soldiers/
ratings/airmen (Revised) 2017.

According to the post, the Nigerian Army
explained that it is for this reason that the
Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya, granted the approval for 91 NA/32/4792 Wo Ndagana Ishiaku and 242 others to voluntarily discharge from the Nigerian Army.


What is your take on this subject matter
brought about by the Nigerian Army, why
do you think some soldiers are applying for
voluntary discharge from the Nigerian
Army and what do you think can be done
to reduce this cases?

For whatever reason, I do not believe the Nigerian Army.