Army denies illegal deduction of salaries

The Nigerian Army has denied report by an online media that Salaries of soldiers in 1 Mechanized Division are illegally deducted by the finance department.

The authorities in the division described such report as false and unfounded.

A statement signed by 1 Division, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Abdul Usman and made available to DAILY POST in Kaduna Wednesday said, ” The attention of 1 Division Nigeria Army has been drawn to an online publication carried in Sahara Reporters over illegal deduction of their salaries.

“In the report, it was alleged that soldiers of 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, have cried out that their monthly salaries are being deducted by 1 Division Finance Department without explanation which cut across all and ranks.

” We wish to debunk the entire allegation as contained in the publication and make some clarification on the issue.

“First and foremost, we would like to state that the Nigerian Army pay system is generated from the Finance Headquarters.

“This by implication implies that all information regarding Pay/Allowances is built up in the system and as such, the Division Finance can neither manipulate or alterate any data of a soldier captured in the payroll.

“The Army has a robust system to address any problem with respect to soldiers’ concerns, including pay issues. It is our submission that the allegations are spurious without any iota of truth. Moreso, the allegations are made anonymous which is totally unsual in a military setting.

“The concerned media is hereby strongly advised to always double check such allegations in the interest of justice and fairness,” he said.

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