The Nigerian Army has lamented the reduction of its budget from N710 billion earlier proposed to N579 billion in 2022.
He said, “In preparing for the year 2022 budget, the Nigerian Army proposed about the sum of N710 billion only. “The detail of this request is contained in the Nigerian Army Year 2022 Budget Defence booklet earlier submitted to this Distinguished Committee. In specific terms, the Army Chief said the sum of N642.7 billion only should be approved for the Nigerian Army Personnel Emolument for the year 2022 Budget, N29.6 billion for overhead and N37.6 billion for 2022 capital projects.
Because of the state of insecurities and the relentless efforts by the military to keep the nation secure , their budget should be doubled , this is the most dangerous era to become a military personal in Nigeria because of the Ambush strategy of the enemies