The Defence Headquarters(DHQ) has said there would be no new salary structure for personnel of the Armed forces of Nigeria (AFN).
It would be recalled that the President, Muhammadu Buhari,had on 18 April signed a new minimum wage of thirty thousand naira (30,000).
The Acting Director Defence Information, Onyema Nwachukwu, a colonel in a statement on Friday said the AFN does not approve salaries for its personnel.
According to Nwachukwu”The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has observed with utmost dismay, the circulation of a fictitious document that has gone viral on social media purportedly showing a new upgraded Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) salary structure with effect from May 2019.
“The DHQ wishes to clarify that the said document does not list, neither does it reflect the true salary structure of personnel of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
” it is however, outrightly mischievous for anyone to circulate fake documents detailing salary structure of the AFN.
“The DHQ therefore wishes to reiterate that the purported new salary scale for members of the AFN being circulated is nothing but a false and malicious publication intended to cause disaffection among members of the AFN, as no such salary scale exists.
“It is also very pertinent for the general public to note that the AFN does not approve salaries for its personnel.
The DDI urged members of personnel and the general public “to please discountenance the fake document in its entirety”.
Stella Enenche, Abuja
