The
annual salary of an Army General, Naval Admiral or Air-Chief Marshal in
the Nigerian military is N20.69 million, or N1.72 million monthly,
Economic Confidential diligent search has revealed.
In
a report obtained by the Economic Intelligence magazine on the
Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure (CONAFSS) of all the rank and
file of the armed forces, starting from a recruit or trainee to the
General, Admiral and Air Chief Marshal, a recruit or trainee goes home
with N122,848 annually, Private, Ordinary Seaman and Aircraftsman/Woman
N639,990, while lance Corporal and Seaman also go home annually with
N661,732.
The take-home-pay does not include
allowances on special assignments, military operations, foreign
missions, duty tours and estacode.
However,
from the Economic Confidential’ investigations and eventual
computations, there is a great disparity between the annual salary of a
recruit and a private with a difference of about N500,000.00 or half a
million Naira, while the difference between a private and a lance
Corporal is merely over N21,000.00!
Further
analysis reveals that Corporal, Able Seaman and its equivalent in the
Air-force take-home N693,426.00, annually, while a Sergeant both in the
army and Air-force and Leading Seaman in the Navy goes home annually
with N809,327 with a great gap of N115,000.00!
On
that of Staff Sergeant and its equivalent in the navy and the airforce,
their take home pay per annum is N1,019,226.00, while the Warrant
Officers across the board is put at N1,192,499 with a difference of
N173,000.00.
The Master Warrant Officer in the
three arms of the forces go home with annual salaries of N1,962,697.00,
while Army warrant officer, Navy warrant officer and that of the
Air-force Warrant officer take home N2,061,520.00 with a gap of about
N98,000.00. Meanwhile, those in training as cadet officers go home with a
paltry N534,773.00.
As for commissioned officers
starting with second lieutenant in the army, Mid-shipman in the navy and
Pilot Officer in the air-force, their annual salary is N2,245,909.00,
while the next senior rank of Lieutenant, Sub-lieutenant and Flying
Officer has an annual salary of N2,620,801 with a disparity of
N374,000.00!
Meanwhile,
a captain in the army, Lieutenant in the navy and Flight Lieutenant in
the air-force go home with N2,789,818, while Major, Lieutenant Commander
and Wing Commander has N2,976,052 annually with a difference of about
N186,000.00.
A
Lieutenant Colonel, Commander or Wing Commander has an annual salary of
N3,895,033, and when compared with that of a Major has a huge gap of
N918,000. The gap also exists between Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel,
whose annual salary is N4,231,579.00 with a difference of N336,546.00.
Again
a Brigadier General’s annual salary is N8,134,745. When compared to the
Colonel’s salary of N4,231,579.00 with a difference of over
N3,900,000.00. If you take a glance at the salary of a Major-General,
Rear Admiral or Air Vice- Marshal, which is N16,516,124 and place it
side by side with that of Brigadier General, the difference is a
whopping N8,381,379!
A
Lieutenant General, Vice-Admiral and Air Marshal has an annual salary
of N17,837,414, while Army General, Admiral of the navy and Air Chief
Marshal all have an annual salary of N20,691,400 with a gap of N2.8
million.
Speaking to Economic Confidential on the
disparities in the CONAFSS, a cross-section of both retired and serving
military officers appealed to the authorities to tinker with the ‘great
gulf’ in the salary structure among the rank and file to act as a morale
booster in the armed forces apart from engendering loyalty. They added
that there are grumblings here and there in the military which may
result to outburst if not handled properly.”
See the table and the attachment onf the Consolidated Armed Forces Salary in the Nigerian Military: http://economicconfidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Economic-Confidential-Salary-of-Nigerian-Military.pdf
Note: Economic Confidential is a sister publication of the Economic Confidential
By PRNigeria
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