Nigeria: Budgetary Allocation in Military Inadequate to Meet Security Challenge - Army

Kaduna — The Chief of Account and Budget in the Nigerian Army, Major General Abdullahi Muraina has said at the opening of the 2014 training week of Nigerian Army Finance Corps for Warrant Officer/Senior Non-Commissioned Officers held at Jaji, Kaduna today that resources at its disposal were not enough to combat the current security challenges confronting the nation.

According to him, "currently, budgetary allocation for the military is inadequate to meet the contemporary security challenges and also cater for the welfare of the Nigerian Army.

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