BREAKING: Ex-soldiers protest in Abuja over unpaid benefits

Ex-Soldiers have converged in their numbers and protesting over unpaid discharge benefits in Abuja on Thursday.
The claimed that government has failed several times in payment of their entitlements and after waiting for long without response, they considered it needful to stage a protest in Abuja to demand for their entitlements.

The ex-soldiers said they called off their protest on 4th August after intervention by the officials of the Ministry of Defence and Finance after they were promised of immediate action on payment of their outstanding entitlement before August 10.

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The ex-servicemen, who converged on the Ministry of Finance headquarters in the nation’s capital, accused the authorities of neglect and failure to honour promises made after their meeting last month.

One of the protesters, identified as Mama G, said they were forced to return to the streets after previous assurances yielded no results.

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“We are here because the promises made to us were never fulfilled. We had no choice but to return to the streets. This time around, the protest will be massive”, Mama G said.

This is not the first time the group has demonstrated. In recent years, retired soldiers have repeatedly taken to the streets in Abuja and other cities over what they describe as unfair treatment and neglect.

The Ministry of Defence, Defence Headquarters and Military Pension Board have yet to issue an official response as of the time of filing this report.

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