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List Of Encouraging Lifetime Benefits For Nigerian  Military Service Chiefs

<h4>List Of Encouraging Lifetime Benefits<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the sacking of service chiefs last week  by President Bola Tinubu has availed Nigerians the opportunity to access the encouraging post military service rewards to officers&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>According to findings&comma; the sacked Chief of Defence Staff&comma; General Christopher Musa&comma; and two other service chiefs&comma; Chief of Air Staff&comma; Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar&comma; and Chief of Naval Staff&comma; Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla&comma; are set to receive generous retirement benefits&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The benefits include bulletproof vehicles&comma; domestic aides&comma; and lifetime medical care&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>According to the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service for Officers and Enlisted Personnel in the Nigerian Armed Forces&comma; signed by President Tinubu on December 14&comma; 2024&comma; the service chiefs are entitled to substantial retirement packages upon disengagement&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The document stipulates that each retiring service chief will receive a bulletproof SUV or an equivalent vehicle&comma; to be maintained and replaced every four years by the military&period; They are also entitled to a Peugeot 508 or an equivalent backup vehicle&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Beyond the vehicles&comma; the package includes five domestic aides — two service cooks&comma; two stewards&comma; and one civilian gardener — along with an aide-de-camp or security officer&comma; and a personal assistant or special assistant&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>They will also retain three service drivers&comma; a service orderly&comma; and a standard guard unit comprising nine soldiers&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">benefits<&sol;a> extend to free medical treatment both in <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Nigeria and abroad<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; as well as the retention of personal firearms to be retrieved upon their demise&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>However&comma; while officers of lieutenant-general rank and equivalents are entitled to international and local medical care worth up to &dollar;20&comma;000 annually&comma; the benefits for the service chiefs&comma; though not stated in the document&comma; are believed to be considerably higher&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The HTCOS reads&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Retirement benefits for CDS and Service Chiefs&colon; The following benefits shall be applicable&colon; one bulletproof SUV or equivalent vehicle to be maintained by the Service and to be replaced every four years&period; One Peugeot 508 or equivalent backup vehicle&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&OpenCurlyQuote;’Retention of all military uniforms and accoutrement to be worn for appropriate ceremonies&semi; five domestic aides &lpar;two service cooks&comma; two stewards&comma; and one civilian gardener&rpar;&semi; one Aide-de-Camp&sol;security officer&semi; one Special Assistant &lpar;Lt&sol;Capt or equivalents&rpar; or one <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Personal Assistant<&sol;a> &lpar;Warrant Officer or equivalents&rpar;&semi; standard guard &lpar;nine soldiers&rpar;&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Three service drivers&semi; one service orderly&semi; escorts &lpar;to be provided by appropriate military units&sol;formation as the need arises&rpar;&semi; retention of personal firearms &lpar;on his demise&comma; the personal firearm&lpar;s&rpar; shall be retrieved by the relevant service&rpar;&semi; and free medical cover in Nigeria and abroad&period;”<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>However&comma; the policy specifies that such entitlements apply only if the retired officers have not accepted any other appointment funded from public resources — except when such an appointment is made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>In such cases&comma; the officers&comma; according to the document&comma; will only receive allowances commensurate with the new role rather than a full salary&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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