The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.
Tukur Buratai, has called on the House of Representatives to prevail on the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning to exclude the Nigerian Army from the current envelope budgetary system.
The COAS made this submission in Abuja on Wednesday when he appeared before the House Committee on Army to defend the budget of the Army proposed for 2019. “The National Assembly should prevail on the Ministry of Budget and National Planning to exempt the Nigerian Army from the existing budget ceiling or envelope allocation system in view of the ongoing structural changes, volatile security environment and massive engagement of troops in virtually all the 36 states of the Federation.
“It was able to cope with the financial constraints due to the relative peaceful environment across the country prior to the re-emergence of insurgency and other hostile activities of violent non-state actors,” he said.
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