President Bola Tinubu on Thursday convened a high-level security meeting with military commanders, intelligence chiefs, and top advisers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, amid growing backlash over soldiers’ salaries.

This is as he declined assent to two bills passed by the National Assembly, citing constitutional inconsistencies and legal defects

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Tinubu meets security chiefs amid troops’ salary backlash

Reactions have trailed the disclosure by the Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, that Nigerian soldiers now earn a minimum monthly salary of N100,000.