Insecurity: Full list of FG's Allocation to Army, Navy, Airforce Since 2015 Emerges
The federal government under President Muhammadu Buhari has invested a huge chunk of Nigeria's treasury in security to deal with and end terrorism in all its ramifications.
A new chart copied by Joe Igbokwe has revealed the government's budgetary allocations to the Nigerian Army, Navy, and Air Force since the inception of Buhari's administration in 2015.
Source: Twitter
See the government's allocations to the Nigerian military in the table below:
| 2015 | Army (N150bn) | Navy N75bn | Air Force N77bn |
| 2016 | N148bn | N86bn | N91bn |
| 2017 | N155bn | N90bn | N100bn |
| 2018 | N224bn | N97bn | N112bn |
| 2019 | N228bn | N101bn | N115bn |
| 2020 | N463bn | N131bn | N136bn |
| 2021 | N511bn | N136bn | N140bn |
| 2022 | N579bn | N148bn | N180bn |
Igbokwe shared the chart in a Facebook post on Thursday, July 28.
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Insecurity holding down Nigeria’s development, says Buhari
Meanwhile,
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented that insecurity is holding down the development and progress of the country.
The president made this known on Tuesday, July 13, while playing a host to the senators and members of the House of Representatives in Abuja, the nation's capital.
Legit.ng gathered that Buhari said the menace has inhibited his administration’s ability to build infrastructure and engage in other development targets it set for the country.
He said the prevailing situation requires hard choices and difficult decisions that must be taken with diligence and patriotism, adding that such measures remain the only way to ensuring Nigeria’s survival.
Buhari told the lawmakers that nothing must be spared in ending insecurity, reinstating his administration’s readiness to use everything within its powers to restore peace and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to book.
House of Reps Asks Buhari to end insecurity in Nigeria
Legit.ng had previously reported that the House of Representatives proposed the use of mercenary soldiers to fight insurgency and banditry.
It was reported that the proposal was contained in the recommendations of its security summit submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, July 13 by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila.
The lower chambers specifically urged the Buhari-led administration to give immediate consideration to the use of Private Defence Contractors for targeted security operations to combat insurgency and terrorism.
Source: Legit.ng
