A bill to increase the retirement age of military personnel passed Second Reading in the\u00a0 House of Representatives on October 12. The consolidated bill sponsored by Hon. Gaza Jonathan Gbefwi (SDP; Nasarawa) and seven others\u00a0 seeks to amend section 30 of the Armed Forces Act 2004, to increase the retirement age of members of the Armed Forces from 60 to 65 years and from 35 to 40 years of service. This is to say that \u00a0if the bill is passed into law, the retirement age for military personnel will be 65 years of age or 35 years of service, whichever comes first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bill also seeks to amend section 18A of the Act to provide for\nre-engagement of military officers who compulsorily retire as a result of the\nappointment of military service chiefs of co-ordinate or subordinate rank, as\ntechnical consultants in military training institutions. The practice in the\nmilitary is that when a service chief is appointed, any officer ahead of such a\nperson in rank would proceed on retirement. According to the sponsor in his\nlead debate, the amendment bill is aimed at ensuring that serving military\nofficers learn from the wealth of knowledge and experiences of retired senior\nmilitary officers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bill also seeks to provide clarity with regard to the appointment of\nservice chiefs by expressly providing that the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of\nNaval Staff and the Chief of Air Staff are appointed from their respective\nservices while the Chief of Defence Staff may be appointed from any of the\nthree services. According to the sponsor of the bill, the extant provisions of\nthe Armed Forces Act regarding appointment of service chiefs is ambiguous and\nnothing in it prevents a non-serving or non-military officer from being\nappointed as a service chief. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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