Members of the Retired Army, Navy and Air Force Officers Association of Nigeria (RANAD) said a recent approval of N134 billion for military pensioners by President Muhammadu Buhari was not implemented as prescribed .
The association lamented that the payment was delayed and incompletely paid.
Publicity Secretary of the association, Captain Abdulmalik Yusuf (retired)
however, appealed to President Bola Tinubu to revisit the plight of military retirees.
The association said their condition under the previous administration was not impressively addressed.
He asserted that they had issues with the proper implementation of series of upward reviews of their allowances and wages.
He said “two months ago, they paid us a little fraction out of it all and then continued to promise us. Up till date, the balance of the approved debarment allowance has not been paid.”
Yusuf said that they were optimistic that President Tinubu would give priority to their plight, adding that the present economic challenges have taken a huge toll on their members, some of who had no other source of income to cater for their families.
He assured the president of their prayers and readiness to offer useful advice bordering on the fight against the various security challenges bedevilling the country at the moment.
Meanwhile, the association says it has
endorsed the appointment of Nuhu Ribadu, a retired police chief, as the new National Security Adviser by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
It declared that Ribadu would deploy his vast security experience to work, insisting that his appointment would herald positive changes in the nation’s security arrangements and fight against terrorism and other challenges.
According to him, contrary to some perspectives, Ribadu’s background as a retired police officer would in no way undermine his capacity to effectively discharge his assignment to the country,
Yusuf also disclosed that majority of ex -military officers in Nigeria were delighted over the election of President Bola Tinubu, describing him as a pragmatic administrator, who would deal drastically with the problems of insecurity in the country.
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