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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu authorises up to 80% salary increase for military personnel

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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced a major pay review for the country’s armed forces, granting salary increases of up to 80 per cent for junior military personnel as part of broader efforts to boost morale amid widespread security threats.

The wage adjustment represents the second military pay rise within a month. Under the new structure, monthly earnings for privates, the lowest-ranking soldiers, will increase from $73 to $132 starting in September, up from $36 earlier this year.

The pay review is scaled hierarchically across all operational ranks. Privates up through staff sergeants will receive the maximum 80 per cent increase, while warrant officers up to colonels will see a 50 per cent boost.

Senior leadership, from brigadier generals to full generals, will receive a 30 per cent pay adjustment. These adjustments will raise the military’s annual wage expenditure from $484 million to $678 million.

The announcement follows recent defence initiatives aimed at expanding military capacity, including the planned recruitment of 28,000 additional soldiers and the establishment of four new army divisions, bringing the national total to 12.

Government forces continue to face complex security challenges, including persistent insurgencies in the north-east, widespread armed banditry and kidnapping networks in central and north-western regions, and separatist movements in the south-east.

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