President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2017 guaranteed to take the cash from the Excess Crude Account, a choice which turned into a subject of contention and discussion in the nation.
Talking on a news program on the Nigerian Television Authority, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, said the resistance service had been progressing in the direction of getting the cash from the legislature.
Usman stated, "Individuals ought to see additionally this is an equitable framework in which the acquisition, and obviously, the subsidizing of barrier related issues take such quite a while.
Take for example the issue of the $1bn endorsed as of late by Mr. President, up till now the procedure is progressing.
"The Ministry of Defense is as yet seeking after the issue to the point that when it is done, the military will get greater hardware, more arms, and ammo.
"To the best of our capacities, all the vital hardware, ammo and arms are being given. It is so tragic and lamentable that our troops went under adversary assaults on November 18, and we endured causalities as we referenced. Unfortunately, we lost 23 officers, and obviously, some of them supported wounds.
"In regard of the exertion, we are attempting however much as could reasonably be expected to ensure that as a matter of first importance we give auspicious and exact data on the entirety of our exercises and tasks, bearing national security concern."
The Ministry of Defense said it couldn't affirm the receipt of the cash.
The Director of Press at the service, Charles Nwodo, told a journalist on Friday, "I need to check with the Department of Finance if the cash has come.
Be that as it may, I don't have any data about such assets yet. Tragically, the man at the office in control isn't anywhere near yet."
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