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Sirjamo:
A mere 5 billion dollars to secure 200 million people
New York city security budget is 15 billion dollars for 9 million people
I laugh when some fools compare Nigeria to the whole US.
Opposition politics should not make anyone become mad.

did you know this before APC became the ruling party?

Did Nigeria suddenly became poor?

Sirjamo:
A mere 5 billion dollars to secure 200 million people
New York city security budget is 15 billion dollars for 9 million people
I laugh when some fools compare Nigeria to the whole US.
Opposition politics should not make anyone become mad.

300+ students are currently in captive in this same country, if that doesn't make you mad you are a terrorist.

RealLordZeus:
The Airforce need more funding, it should be the most funded division because modern warfare is no longer about carrying AK47 upandan

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What have they done with the ones they have? Why can't they bomb those bandits that moves freely with motorbikes?

grandstar:
The amount is stingy. A country like Nigeria at war needs at least 3% of its GDP spent on the military.

The alternative may be for the country to try an extremely economic snd efficient.way to achieve results.

Give the military targets, and cash rewards for achieving those targets

1billion for every bandit camp they obliterate for instance. It should be given to the soldiers that carry out the operation. 500k each for the privates. It could be N5m for the generals. I am just dropping ideas.

States could also get involved, provide some form of incentives.

For the Northeast where they are fighting religious islamists, extremely radical incentives can also be used. Dealing with that crowd is hard. These are guys driven by idealogy. Worse, there are plenty of them.

An army high up said up to 120,000 terrorists have been captured since the start of the war. The numbers are insane.

All these are ideas. They will definitely need finetuning.

Trust me they will obliterate villagers and call it bandit enclave
DOA

BH doesn't have this budget yet the Nigeria military couldn't stop them. What a corn3!

Angelfrost:
How much are Boko Haram and other terrorists spending or budgeting on their own arms and logistics that's making them far better than our entire military?!!


...Cos, this is not adding up at all!

I'm still wondering what Navy and Airforce do with their own budgetary allocations, cos they practically do next to nothing in this fight against insurgency.

What the islamist lack in weapons, they make up in zeal. They are idealogy driven by religion which is probably the greatest or in this case, the worst form of motivation.

For instance, after the Taliban took over Afghanistan when the Americans left, many felt their economy would collapse after moat foreign aid dried up. It did not. Why?

The new government ensured taxes were collected, and not just diverted by the tax collectors, or not collected at all. This saw a massive increase in revenue and they could survive without foreign aid.

It is with the same type of discipline and conviction they fight the war.

It is not that the army isn't having successes but are overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. An army commander said they would need 500,000 troops on ground to deal with these islamists.

Proudlyngwa:
Trust me they will obliterate villagers and call it bandit enclave
DOA

They would have to prove. Obliteration does not mean annihilation.

I should have used a better word.

grandstar:
What the islamist lack in weapons, they make up in zeal. They are idealogy driven by religion which is probably the greatest or in this case, the worst form of motivation.

For instance, after the Taliban took over Afghanistan when the Americans left, many felt their economy would collapse after moat foreign aid dried up. It did not. Why?

The new government ensured taxes were collected, and not just diverted by the tax collectors, or not collected at all. This saw a massive increase in revenue and they could survive without foreign aid.

It is with the same type of discipline and conviction they fight the war.

It is not that the army isn't having successes but are overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. An army commander said they would need 500,000 troops on ground to deal with these islamists.

1 good fighter jet can do better than 500,000 troops. Our military lack intelligence.

Nigeria defence budget is just a little above $3 billion.

The United States is the top military spender in 2025 with a budget of approximately \(\$895\) billion, followed by China at around \(\$266.85\) billion and Russia with about \(\$126\) billion. Other significant spenders include India, which allocated about \(\$78.57\) billion for 2025-26, and Saudi Arabia, with a budget of around \(\$74.76\) billion. 

2025 Military Spending:
1.United States \(\$895\) billion
2.China \(\$266.85\) billion
3.Russia \(\$126\) billion
4.India \(\$78.57\) billion (2025-26)
5 Saudi Arabia \(\$74.76\) billion
6 United Kingdom \(\$69.2\) billion
7 Germany \(\$61.2\) billion
8 France \(\$57.1\) billion
9 Japan \(\$51.9\) billion
10 South Korea \(\$46.9\) billion.

Nigeria still have a long way to go.

[quote author=Yankee101 post=137567158]The entire Goodluck budget for all the ministries was 4trillion plus

See your life?, you can't resist defending this your PARAPÒ ancestral failure.
Your brain didn't also tell you how much that 4trillion could buy before naira became less than TOILET paper in value...and guess who caused the economic upheaval that destroyed the naira?.
Yes, you are CORRECT!!.

Sirjamo:
A mere 5 billion dollars to secure 200 million people
New York city security budget is 15 billion dollars for 9 million people
I laugh when some fools compare Nigeria to the whole US.
Opposition politics should not make anyone become mad.

how can a sane human being compare Nigeria to America

With an economy bastardized by the APc... naira was 217 to a dollar in 2015

APc is pure evil.. you must be happy in the poverty capital of the world

Sirjamo:
A mere 5 billion dollars to secure 200 million people
New York city security budget is 15 billion dollars for 9 million people
I laugh when some fools compare Nigeria to the whole US.
Opposition politics should not make anyone become mad.

do you know theirs involves technology and more sophisticated weapons

Sirjamo:
A mere 5 billion dollars to secure 200 million people
New York city security budget is 15 billion dollars for 9 million people
I laugh when some fools compare Nigeria to the whole US.
Opposition politics should not make anyone become mad.

New york city budget of defense of 15billion over 9million persons with most of the population highly equipped with sophisticated weapons, compare to naija's budget with less than 100k people causing unrest in the country, yet they can't even pull it thru.

RealLordZeus:
The Airforce need more funding, it should be the most funded division because modern warfare is no longer about carrying AK47 upandan

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In every country the land army get the highest funding due to number and base they have. Not all State have airforce base but all State have more than a base for the Army. So you see few reasons why the army get more funding?

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Sirjamo:
A mere 5 billion dollars to secure 200 million people
New York city security budget is 15 billion dollars for 9 million people
I laugh when some fools compare Nigeria to the whole US.
Opposition politics should not make anyone become mad.

You are the one appropriating the tag of a fool here.
The market realities in both countries are different, so your comparisons are jejune.

How much is the salary of a Major General in Nigeria? Compare that with the monthly earnings of an army officer of the same rank in the US.

I am tired of you pro government megaphones who will go to any length to excuse the abysmal failure that is your uncles administration. You excuse everything and encourage every bad omen just to make a catastrophic administration look manageable.
It is insane!

Pootle:
still too small, it need to be increasd

Truly it is small but if this small amount is judiciously spent on the intended purpose, trust me, Nigeria will breathe a sigh of relief.

But trust me 90% of that money goes into private pockets and never used for the earnmarked purposes.

But then this is Nigeria.

Airforce should have the largest budgets. We need to partner with some countries to get some bombers or fighter jets.

Sirjamo:
A mere 5 billion dollars to secure 200 million people
New York city security budget is 15 billion dollars for 9 million people
I laugh when some fools compare Nigeria to the whole US.
Opposition politics should not make anyone become mad.

How much was NY budget when GEJ was in power? If they sell Nigeria, can it rival NY?
Can you pay officers what NY pays NYPD officers?

Putinofrussia:
Nigeria defence budget is just a little above $3 billion.

The United States is the top military spender in 2025 with a budget of approximately \(\$895\) billion, followed by China at around \(\$266.85\) billion and Russia with about \(\$126\) billion. Other significant spenders include India, which allocated about \(\$78.57\) billion for 2025-26, and Saudi Arabia, with a budget of around \(\$74.76\) billion. 

2025 Military Spending:
1.United States \(\$895\) billion
2.China \(\$266.85\) billion
3.Russia \(\$126\) billion
4.India \(\$78.57\) billion (2025-26)
5 Saudi Arabia \(\$74.76\) billion
6 United Kingdom \(\$69.2\) billion
7 Germany \(\$61.2\) billion
8 France \(\$57.1\) billion
9 Japan \(\$51.9\) billion
10 South Korea \(\$46.9\) billion.

Nigeria still have a long way to go.

Those nations use a fraxtion of their GDP as benchmark and are productive so have goodGDP thus good defence budget. In Nigeria, we produce next to nothing.
We have paid our useless leader more than USA pays theirs but have no value for it. How will funding of pllice force for example, help make police start being fair to all and not one ethnic group?

Angelfrost:
How much are Boko Haram and other terrorists spending or budgeting on their own arms and logistics that's making them far better than our entire military?!!


...Cos, this is not adding up at all!

I'm still wondering what Navy and Airforce do with their own budgetary allocations, cos they practically do next to nothing in this fight against insurgency.

See all those malls and mansions cropping up all over the place, owned by top military brass?

That's where most of the money goes.

The rest purchases houses and shares in the US.

CodeTemplarr:
How much was NY budget when GEJ was in power? If they sell Nigeria, can it rival NY?
Can you pay officers what NY pays NYPD officers?

Everyday gej gej. You people are not capable of handling defeat, even after 10 years.
Nigeria presidency is not Gej's family inheritance. Move on men.

Sirjamo:
Everyday gej gej. You people are not capable of handling defeat, even after 10 years.
Nigeria presidency is not Gej's family inheritance. Move on men.

Oga i no be GEJ supporter but Tinubu complained under GEJ a lot so it is fair i compare his performance in security/defence to GEJ's

MadPolitician:
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You are the one appropriating the tag of a fool here.
The market realities in both countries are different, so your comparisons are jejune.

How much is the salary of a Major General in Nigeria? Compare that with the monthly earnings of an army officer of the same rank in the US.

I am tired of you pro government megaphones who will go to any length to excuse the abysmal failure that is your uncles administration. You excuse everything and encourage every bad omen just to make a catastrophic administration look manageable.
It is insane!

Election is every 4 years. If you think we are defending government by stating the obvious, mobilise and vote your preferred candidate to office, give him 5bd to secure 200 million of you complete with 900 000 square kilometres of land and sea. I am not on Nairaland.com to do back and forth with educated illiterates who see things only through the lenses of politics, tribal and religion sentiments.

Navy are useless in this country

Everybody dey chop. Insecurity na beautiful thing. U can see numbers is going up. Insecurity is a good thing. U collect such budget u should work your ass cos thats a while bunch of money.

I doubt if the foot soldiers see upto 10% of that money... No wonder we are been refer to as a "Distaste"

Plus everything is imported so twice the cost!

Freedom/Security is not cheap and you don't Pray to get it

A special tax needs to be done! And if you can't pay, drafted to army or service for a few years

Sirjamo:
A mere 5 billion dollars to secure 200 million people
New York city security budget is 15 billion dollars for 9 million people
I laugh when some fools compare Nigeria to the whole US.
Opposition politics should not make anyone become mad.

jmoore:
1 good fighter jet can do better than 500,000 troops. Our military lack intelligence.

The people in Bornu do believe the army can do better and are disappointed with them.

The problem with military jets is that they are just too powerful. They are fighting against what can be considered guerillas, so they are not a conventional army. That means you always have civilains around. Lots of civilians will get killed

This has happened a lot of times already. The power of a helicopter gunship is frightening enough, and you now upgrade to figher jets, it would be a massacre.

Nevertheless, I do believe the army is underperforming due to greed, medocrity and poor morale. Yes, poor intelligence may be part of it but a bigger problem may actually be the poor response to good intel.

The army is informed that a group of Boko Haram fighters in their 100s are heading to a town or even their military base and nothing is done to stop them. Why are laser guided missiles? Why not send a drone to intercept and decimate them?

N5,000 is voted daily for their feeding. What's the quality of their feeding? I won't be surprised if it does not pass N2K. Tinubu won't do much as he does not want a coup. If a lot of the higher ups are only interested in enriching themselves, then you have a problem.

Foolish people.

Why almost all schools in the North have closed to due to insecurity.

First let's have the report on the currently running defense budget, thieves