Guess how much Nigeria is paying Chad, Niger troops for Boko Haram war

by Kolapo Olapoju

According to an investigation by Punch newspapers, Nigeria is paying through her nose for the funding of the operation of the multinational forces engaged in the war against Boko Haram insurgents.

The troops from Chad and Niger are said to receive as much as N146.25m monthly as pocket and feeding allowances from the Federal Government.

A cost breakdown shows that the 2,500 troops contributed by Chad receive N112.5m monthly while the 750 soldiers from Niger get N33.75m every month.

Consequently, each of the soldiers from both countries gets N45,000 monthly as pocket and feeding allowances, which is the same amount being paid to Nigerian troops.

An anonymous source who made the disclosure to Punch, said: “Although, it is a joint operation, a kind of sub-regional collaborative effort, Nigeria is the only country funding the operations.”

“The arrangement is not such that each participating country funds its defence forces deployed for the operation. Nigeria is funding the operation to the extent of providing the allowances for all the Chadian and Nigerien troops involved.”

“Apart from that, the country is also providing for the feeding of these troops and fuelling all their operational vehicles.”

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