Nigeria Raised Military Pay by 80 Percent. Security Spending Is Becoming Labor Policy.
Nigeria approved military salary increases of up to 80 percent this year, with the largest gains directed at lower-ranking personnel — the soldiers most likely to desert, most likely to defect, and most likely to be recruited by the armed groups they are being paid to fight. The annual military wage bill rises from 660 billion naira to 924 billion naira as…
