A Nigerian soldier who is finally meeting his family after a year-long assignment to Maiduguri, Borno state, has expressed bitterness at his inability to pay the N35k transit ticket.
In a video circulating online, the devastated soldier said that he was offered a holiday after spending a year in the Maiduguri Forest.
When he arrived to the park, he was informed that the transportation fee for the return travel was N35K, which he cannot pay.
After a quick mental calculation, he determined that the round-trip transportation cost would be N70K.
Despite earning just N50,000 per month, the soldier opted to return to the jungle in Maiduguri owing to the high transportation costs.
Watch the video below:
Many social media users sympathized with the soldier as they took to comment section. Some reactions are shown below:
just_lilboy said, “Giving peanut as salaries for Someone with a gun that can actually make a lot of money illegally on his own but decide to protect the interests on his country – Tell me why crime rate won’t rise to 💯 everyday”.
ediyeheyenefik said, “The least soldier should be earning like 500k”.
iam_ddr said, “If the people come outside come protest for una, the government go still use una send them back!”
famery_ent said, “To think that a Soldier with 10+ years of experience earns less than $40 a month. But a lazy senator who has done absolutely nothing for his constituency since “selected” by INEC makes almost 20M naira a month. Make it make sense”.
ddashnblushmakeovers said, “50k? And they’re expected to secure the country’s borders and the ones who create the m£ss are busy living the good life? What an irony.”
