The Nigerian Army says the allegation that soldiers are proceeding on voluntary retirement due to alleged corruption, poor service conditions and low morale is the handwork of mischief makers and should be outrightly discountenanced by the public.
A statement by the spokesperson, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu says the subjective and unethical report is a distraction and another failed attempt at dampening the morale and fighting will of the loyal, dedicated and patriotic fighting force of the Army.
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He added that recruitment into the Army is voluntary with extant policy on discharge and retirement of soldiers and officers respectively, like other organisations and it provides its personnel the opportunity to apply for voluntary discharge, when they deem fit and meet the terms and conditions as
stipulated in the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service Soldiers/Ratings/Airmen (Revised) 2017.
Brigadier-General Nwachukwu noted that It is not an aberration that the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Faruk Yahaya granted approval for 91 NA/32/4792 WO Ndagana Ishiaku and 242 others to voluntarily discharge from the Army.
The statement adds that the Army under the leadership of Lieutenant-General Yahaya have been attending to troops welfare and injecting equipment into the threatres of operations.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
