Some officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) studying at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Kaduna State, have complained that they have not received their Ration Cost Allowance (RCA) in the last seven months.
According to the Manual of Financial Administration of Armed Forces of Nigeria (2017), the NAF military students are entitled to RCA daily.
Some of the personnel told newsmen that the situation was causing them hunger and depleting their morale.
They claimed that the development demonstrates their superiors’ insensitivity to their enormous sacrifices for the country.
One of the aggrieved personnel said, “In 2021, we were given admission for NAF-sponsored course in the Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna, to run different regular courses such HND Aircraft Engineering Technology, Explosive Ordinance Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Purchasing and Supply and ND aircraft engineering technology”.
“As military students under NAF sponsorship, we are entitled to Ration Cost Allowance (RCA), as contained in the Manual of Financial Administration of Armed Forces of Nigerian 2017. We are entitled to an RCA of ?1,200 daily since we are not being fed as our colleagues running military courses.
“We resumed our course in June 2021 by October 2021; we received ?159,000 for the period we have spent from June to October. According to NAF Headquarters, we are to receive RCA every quarter. From November 2021 to now, June 2022, we are yet to receive our RCA.
“We have to feed from our salary and run other stuff. It’s not easy, especially for people who come from units outside Kaduna and have a family. The NAF HQ keeps requesting for our list, yet no result.
“Before the NAF Day celebration in May, we got the information that the Chief of Air Staff specifically requested for our list for RCA; they said he approved it but up till this moment, nothing has been paid to us”.
