Tinubu’s govt budgets N575.6 billion for arms, anti-terrorism fight

Politics Nigeria reports that a total of N575.6 billion was approved for the purchase of military equipment, arms and ammunition.

The federal government has proposed the N575.6 billion in its supplementary budget to boost the fight against insecurity and prosecute the ongoing anti-insurgency war.reports that a total of N184.25 billion was approved for the purchase of military equipment, arms and ammunition.

Out of this amount, recurrent expenditure will gulp over N245.1 billion and capital expenditure, N329.99 billion. The document stated that N49.99 billion was allocated to the Ministry of Defence, out of which N33.6 billion was given as recurrent and N16.4 billion as capital. The Nigerian Air Force, which is also acquiring aircraft arms and ammunition budgeted N80.48 billion.

Our correspondent also observed that N31.59bn was budgeted to boost the morale of security officers in the form of allowances and severance packages.

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