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When we carefully consider the huge budget that yearly goes into the Nigerian Defence sector we would understand the reason why there is need for more transparency and accountability by those concerned. When the 2014 Budget was Presented by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, she said out of a total budget of N4.962 trillion, the allocation to the
Nigeria’s Defence sector took about 20 per cent, totalling N968.127 billion because of the growing insecurity situation in the country.
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When
we carefully consider the huge budget that yearly goes into the Nigerian
Defence sector we would understand the reason why there is need for more
transparency and accountability by those concerned. When the 2014 Budget was
Presented by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, she said out of
a total budget of N4.962 trillion, the allocation to the Nigeria’s Defence
sector took about 20 per cent, totalling N968.127 billion because of the
growing insecurity situation in the country.
Out of the total provision for the sector, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said between
January and April
2014, government had disbursed about N130.7 billion to relevant authorities, including the Nigerian
Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, and Civil Defence. Of the disbursed figure, about N85.9 billion was to take care of the personnel costs of the agencies, which was handed to the military authorities for direct payment to their personnel. She said based on the president’s contingency last year, some money was also used for the payment of additional N24.8 billion, while another approval by the President of N3.8 billion was still being processed.
Assuring that government has done its best to disburse as and when due monies to agencies under the defence sector as needed for their operations, the minister said there were other requirements that needed extra allocation, including those for joint task force and special operations against terrorism. “No amount of budgetary provision can be enough for the military,” she said. “The military all over the world that engages in war does not always have enough, particularly in this new type of war against terror, which requires equipment to assist them. I don’t think the Nigerian military would be different from any other in the world in the same circumstance.” Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said government needs to spend expeditiously to ensure the defence sector receives the right support to prosecute their counter-insurgency operations.
The truth is, for a nation that is not at war, Nigeria’s defence spending raises several critical concerns. The paradox of course is that the more government spends on defence, the more insecure Nigerians feel. Travelling within the country has become so perilous that it is now advisable to get a ‘security report’ of all towns and villages on our way before setting out. Today, all major defence related structures in Abuja, supposedly the safest place in the country are so barricaded that images of Baghdad and Kabul come to mind. If the state of our armed forces and defence apparatus are the way that they are in peace times, what would happen if (God forbid), Nigeria is faced with a major external threat? Or is it that the amorphous term, ‘defence’ is being used to pull wool over the eyes of Nigerians, while some few anointed people smile all the way to bank?
Allocation to the key government ministries and agencies under security and defence got the lion’s share of the 2012 budget when compared to 2011 and 2010 shows that from 2010 through to 2012, Nigeria would just spent around $84 billion, of which $16 billon would be for security. The table below shows the Security Votes in Nigeria between 2008-2013:
Budget Allocations for Security/Defence from 2008-2012
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2014, government had disbursed about N130.7 billion to relevant authorities, including the Nigerian
Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, and Civil Defence. Of the disbursed figure, about N85.9 billion was to take care of the personnel costs of the agencies, which was handed to the military authorities for direct payment to their personnel. She said based on the president’s contingency last year, some money was also used for the payment of additional N24.8 billion, while another approval by the President of N3.8 billion was still being processed.
Assuring that government has done its best to disburse as and when due monies to agencies under the defence sector as needed for their operations, the minister said there were other requirements that needed extra allocation, including those for joint task force and special operations against terrorism. “No amount of budgetary provision can be enough for the military,” she said. “The military all over the world that engages in war does not always have enough, particularly in this new type of war against terror, which requires equipment to assist them. I don’t think the Nigerian military would be different from any other in the world in the same circumstance.” Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said government needs to spend expeditiously to ensure the defence sector receives the right support to prosecute their counter-insurgency operations.
The truth is, for a nation that is not at war, Nigeria’s defence spending raises several critical concerns. The paradox of course is that the more government spends on defence, the more insecure Nigerians feel. Travelling within the country has become so perilous that it is now advisable to get a ‘security report’ of all towns and villages on our way before setting out. Today, all major defence related structures in Abuja, supposedly the safest place in the country are so barricaded that images of Baghdad and Kabul come to mind. If the state of our armed forces and defence apparatus are the way that they are in peace times, what would happen if (God forbid), Nigeria is faced with a major external threat? Or is it that the amorphous term, ‘defence’ is being used to pull wool over the eyes of Nigerians, while some few anointed people smile all the way to bank?
Allocation to the key government ministries and agencies under security and defence got the lion’s share of the 2012 budget when compared to 2011 and 2010 shows that from 2010 through to 2012, Nigeria would just spent around $84 billion, of which $16 billon would be for security. The table below shows the Security Votes in Nigeria between 2008-2013:
Budget Allocations for Security/Defence from 2008-2012
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