{"id":88053,"date":"2021-11-04T13:31:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T12:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88053"},"modified":"2021-11-04T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T12:31:24","slug":"army-cant-fight-terrorists-others-with-n579bn-coas-tells-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/army-cant-fight-terrorists-others-with-n579bn-coas-tells-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Army can\u2019t fight terrorists, others with N579bn, COAS tells Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1715496929034365618\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigerian Army on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to exempt it from the annual envelope budgeting being adopted by the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk Yahaya, made the appeal when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Army to defend the 2022 budget.<\/p>\n<p>Yahaya told the panel that the sum of N579bn approved for the Nigerian Army for the 2022 fiscal year was grossly inadequate to fight terrorism and banditry in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIn preparing for year 2022 budget, the Nigerian Army proposed about the sum of N710bn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning budget ceiling reduced it to N579bn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis reduction would impede the capacity and tempo of the Nigerian Army in carrying out its constitutional duties particularly the ongoing war against Boko Haram terrorists and other criminalties across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Assembly should prevail on the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning to exempt the Nigerian Army from the current budget ceiling or envelope allocation system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI therefore passionately appeal to this (Senate) committee to impress it on the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning to begin the release of year 2022 Nigerian Army capital budget from the First Quarter 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would help the Nigerian Army to rehabilitate dilapidated accommodations in over 138 barracks and training facilities across our units, and formations as well as procure the needed equipment and platforms to prosecute the war against terrorism and other criminalities across the country.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe army chief urged the Senate panel to approve the sum of N642.7bn as the Nigerian Army personnel emolument for the 2022 budget.<\/p>\n<p>He also requested the approval of N29.6bn as overhead cost and N37.6bn as capital expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>He assured the panel that the Nigerian Army was committed to securing the territorial integrity of Nigeria from any violation.<\/p>\n<p>Yahaya said, \u201cThe timely and complete implementation of the 2022 budget will thus enhance the fulfilment of the Nigerian Army\u2019s constitutional mandate and thus engender peace for socioeconomic development of our country Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the COVID-19 pandemic affected the global socioeconomic activities including that of Nigeria, adding that the attendant negative consequences allowed insecurity to fester.<\/p>\n<p>The army chief also said he recognised the need to boost the morale of the soldiers and that he had been doing so regularly.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Army on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to exempt it from the annual envelope budgeting being adopted by the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. 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