By Folorunso Alagbede, Abuja
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria’s military veterans can’t be repaid for their supreme sacrifices, stressing however that their welfare should be treated as a priority by any government.
Atiku said this in his solidarity message on the occasion of Armed Forces Rememberance Day at the weekend.
The former Vice President noted that laying down one’s life in the defence of the country and fellow citizens is the highest sacrifice for the sake of patriotism.
According to him, “soldiers lose life and limb in the course of serving their country.
“Nigeria owes them a debt of eternal gratitude for their immeasurable sacrifices”, he said.
The former Vice President advised the people in government to always give priority to the payment of the pensions and other entitlements of our military veterans as at when due.
His words, “it is embarrassing why our veterans should be allowed to be sleeping in the open to protest the nonpayment of their pensions.”
He thus also advised the government to streamline the payment system of “our veterans to avoid the humiliation of recourse to protest the non-payment of their entitlements”.
