Cash Scarcity: Soldiers In Remote Places Will Suffer Hardship — NSA

The National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno has expressed concern over the effect of the cashless policy on military personnel deployed to remote places.

Speaking on Thursday at the hearing organized by an adhoc committee of the House of Representatives looking into currency redesign and naira swap policy, Monguno stated that the officers were facing harsh economic challenges.

The NSA, who was represented by A.A. Mustapha, a director in the Office of National Security Adviser, ONSA stated that efforts are being made to combat the dire situation.

“Globally, military operations, even in First World countries, such policies, if not properly well thought out will affect some of our soldiers in places where they cannot actually access digital means of paying for their daily subsistence,” he said.

Earlier in his speech, the chairman of the committee, Ado Doguwa, said: “It is the belief of this committee that the policy would have, in one way or the other, certain implications [for] the security apparatus or security architecture of the country, especially when we are facing elections.”