A Nigerian soldier, simply identified as Adie Paul, has lamented over the Federal Government’s alleged non-recognition of military personnel for their continuous efforts in the war against insurgency.
This is coming a day after the President, Bola Tinubu celebrated the Super Eagles after their second place win at the just concluded AFCON.
The Soldier faulted the decision of President Tinubu to gift Super Eagles players houses, plots of land, and national honours, at a time when soldiers in the battle field are not receiving such recognition.
According to Soldier Paul, he sustained a bullet injury while serving in the North East and till date is yet to recover.
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He made his position known while reacting to a post by an X-user, drpenking, who tweeted, “Even Ahmed Musa wey no kick ball once for AFCON follow collect flat, land and OON. Wonderful times.”
Reacting to the post, the soldier, while sharing a picture, wrote, “Yet, as a soldier, I stayed in the North East fighting Boko Haram for four years plus, I was shot and I am still carrying the bullet in me till date, not even a medal from the Army/Nigeria government.”
Tinubu had on Tuesday conferred the national honor of Member of the Order of the Niger on every member of the Super Eagles team that won Silver medal at AFCON