MILITARY RETIREES TO FG: WE DEMAND OWN MINISTRY NOW!
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| 104 year old World War II
veteran recently begged President Buhari to pay his pension. |
Military retirees in the
country have urged the Federal Government to upgrade the Veterans Affairs
Division in the Ministry of Defence to a full fledge ministry to cater for
their welfare.
The retirees made the call
in a communiqué issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja at the end of a 3-day
retreat on “Unification of Military Veterans Associations”.
They also called on
government at all levels to exploit the untapped resources that abound in them.
The veteran said that they
had resolved to operate under one umbrella body known as “Veterans Federation
of Nigeria”.
They pledged loyalty to
the government and readiness to contribute to national security and development
and called on the ministry of defence and Defence Headquarters to develop a
database for them.
They said such database
should detail their strength, areas of specialisation and experience for the
purpose re-engagement.
The New Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) recalls that at the opening of the retreat on Thursday, Chief of Defence
Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin stressed the need to have a unified veterans’
body in the country.
Olonisakin had noted that
the “proliferations of veteran associations have not yielded desired results
hence the need to explore platform that can unify such associations.”
He charged the retreat to
come up with an ad hoc committee to begin the unification process and
establishment of the “Veterans Association of Nigeria””.
NAN
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