Nigerian retired military officers under the organisation of the Nigerian Legion have demanded that the federal government settle their outstanding 24 months’ pensions.
The Bauchi state chairman of the legion, Captain Musa Yakubu (rtd.), made this call during their 2016 national annual general meeting held in Bauchi on Sunday.
He requested that both federal and state governments provide the retired officers with plots of land and farm implements so that they could engage in mechanised farming for the rest of their lives.
He noted that soldiers were more disciplined in the past which was the reason they successfully completed their service to the nation with integrity.
Yakubu who claimed to have served in the army under the direct supervision of the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, when he was a military general in 1979, condemned the unruly behaviour being exhibited by some serving officers now. He said the soldiers belittle themselves by collecting token sums of money from motorists at road blocks and check points lamenting that the acts do not only affect the reputation of the army but portray them as paupers.
