20/11/2022
President Muhammadu Buhari presides over Emblem Appeal Launch for the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration and Presides over Federal Executive Council Meeting in State House on 16th Nov 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari presides over Emblem Appeal Launch for the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration and Presides over Federal Executive Council Meeting in State House on 16th Nov 2022
Buhari inaugurates 2023 Emblem Appeal Fund, approves N134 billion for military veterans
Mr Buhari pledged the government’s commitment to the welfare of veterans by ensuring prompt payment of their pension and other entitlements.
ByAgency Report November 16, 2022 Reading Time: 4 mins read
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N134.7 billion for the payment of Security Debarment Allowance (SDA) to all military veterans.
The president, who revealed this at the launch of the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem and Appeal fund, announced the donation of N10 million to the Nigerian Legion, on behalf of the federal government.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the inauguration of the Emblem Appeal fund preceded the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
Mr Buhari pledged the federal government’s commitment to the welfare of veterans by ensuring prompt payment of their pension and other entitlements, which had been demonstrated by his approval of the payment of SDA to veterans with effect from 2017.
‘‘However, in order to capture all veterans hitherto excluded from the payment of the SDA, I have approved a review of the effective date of the Manual of Financial Administration for the Armed Forces of Nigeria (MAFA) 2017.
‘‘Accordingly, I have also approved the sum of N134,749,953,243.69 only for that purpose,’’ he said.
Mr Buhari also expressed delight that Defence Health Maintenance Limited was living up to expectations in providing healthcare services to the veterans, noting the expansion of the reach of their services through the establishment of Zonal.