Contrary to general belief that soldiers
who risk laying down their lives for the nation received fat salary
and live large, it has just be made know in a letter to President
Muhammadu Buhari written by officers of Nigerian Battalion 45 on a
peace-keeping mission in Sudan.
In the letter below they recounted the
hardship they have been passing through as a result of non-payment of
their salaries and allowances which informed their interest and desire
to write the letter below threatening President Muhammadu Buhari.
To Mr President,
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,
The Federal Republic of Nigeria.
We
are officers and soldiers of Nigerian Battalion 45 (NIBATT 45 UNAMID)
deployed on January 5, 2016 on a peacekeeping mission in Sudan.
Since
our deployment, life had been so difficult for us. Even to communicate
with our families has been a problem due to lack of finances.
The
army has refused to pay us our allowances of $100 monthly since the
beginning of the mission here in Sudan and this is the seventh months
without payment.
Many
of our soldiers undergo surgical operation due to poor feeding, no drug
for us whenever we are sick. The only remedy for us when we are sick is
to be referred to Pakistan hospital due to lack of drugs in Nigerian
Contingent Level 1 Hospital.
We
have been in this Mission in Sudan for seven months now yet our
domiciliary account in Union Bank of Nigeria has only been credited with
two months and 27 days salaries out of the 7 months so far.
We
ask Mr President to look into this issue to make his anti-corruption
campaign in the Armed Force a success. If nothing is done very soon, we
will be force to take the law into our hands.
You would be better advised to pay us our salaries and allowances.
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