The Defence Headquarters has on Tuesday debunked a false alarm raised by a self-styled online whistle blower, alleging that there was high profile embezzlement in the military.
A statement on Tuesday signed by the Acting Director Defence Information, Onyema Nwachukwu said the insinuation that personnel of the Armed Forces are under remunerated as against the provisions of Manual of Financial Administration for the Armed Forces of Nigeria, MAFA, 2017 is unfounded and untrue.
According to the statement, “contrary to the claims made by the Twitter handle @millisaint, the said document has not been activated and therefore yet to be implemented, since the appropriation 2020 was recently passed.”
It added that the provisions of the MAFA document are billed to be operational in year 2020.
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The statement also noted that the MAFA allowances are not part of the Salary Structure of the Armed Forces, and will therefore not affect the salary even when implemented.
It however stated that any impactful change on the salary structure will only come as a result of the recently approved 30,000 Naira minimum wage that will be paid by IPPIS.
The statement called on the whistle blower to verify his information from reliable and authorised sources to establish the veracity of his information.
It lamented that such acts are capable of causing disaffection within the ranks of the Armed Forces.
The statement urged the general populace to discountenance the misinformation as it is misguided and bereft of any iota of truth.
“Personnel welfare is paramount in the vision and mission of the current leadership of the military and any form of short changing of personnel will be met with stiff penalties,” the statement assured.
