Chai! Na wa o! Soldiers wey dey serve Nigeria don carry headline comot for matter wey concern dem salary again. Dem don write open letter give President Tinubu, make e hear their wahala. Dem dey complain say the way dem dey promote soldiers no balance, plus di small money wey dem dey add to their pay no fit chop belle full.
According to di letter, dem don shout say after dem don serve five years, dem dey see small increase wey fit make person vex. For instance, dem go promote person, dey add ₦3,000 or ₦15,000, wetin be that?! As dem talk am, dem dey see how mates for Navy and Air Force dey enjoy better increments wey reach ₦70,000. E be like say dem dey run different race for here o!
Di soldiers dey vex well-well, say dem fit carry their anger come out if dem no see action from di top. Dem still talk say di gbas gbos no be laugh matter because dem dey suffer for front line, handling different wahala, yet di pay no reflect all di hard work. Dem dey call for President Tinubu to shine e eye and do di needful.
But e no stop there o! Di Nigerian Army don come out to deny say any mutiny dey happen. Dem talk say dis report wey talk say soldiers dey plan wahala no true, say na lie and e dey undermine di integrity of di service. Army say dier people don dey trained to follow proper route to air dem grievances, no be to come dey shout for public.
Dem don clarify say di increments wey dem dey talk na just one part of di whole pay package. According to dem, di full money include rank allowances, operational allowances and all di big big things wey go come based on wetin person dey do. So, e no make sense to just dey look at promotion increments alone.
In di midst of all dis palava, di Army dey work for better welfare for di troops and dem dey talk say Federal Government dey committed to improve di situation. Dem don start some welfare reforms and dem dey promise say dem go dey address di soldiers’ needs soon.
As di matter dey hot, make we dey put our ears down. Wetin go happen next? Will di soldiers get wetin dem dey ask for or dem go still dey vex? Time go tell o!
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