The Federal Government has announced that scholarships will be provided to the children of soldiers who were killed during a peacekeeping mission in Delta on March 14, 2024.
The president honored 17 members of the Nigerian Army who were killed in Delta by conferring national honors on them.
He also announced that housing facilities would be provided for their surviving family members, and scholarships would be given to all their children up to university level.
Additionally, he directed that benefits be paid to the family members within 90 days.
The announcements were made during the burial ceremony of the slain servicemen at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja.
Tinubu posthumously awarded the national honor of Member of the Order of the Niger to the Commanding Officer 181 Amphibious Battalion, Lt. Col. A.H Ali; Maj S.D Shafa (N/13976); Maj D.E Obi (N/14395) and Capt U Zakari (N/16348).
He also conferred the honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger on SSgt Yahaya Saidu (#3NA/36/2974); Cpl Yahaya Danbaba (1ONA/65/7274); Cpl Kabiru Bashir (11NA/66/9853); LCpl Bulus Haruna (16NA/TS/5844); LCpl Sola Opeyemi (17NA/760719); LCpl Bello Anas (17NA/76/290); LCpl Hamman Peter (NA/T82653); LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi (18NA/77/1191); Pte Alhaji Isah (17NA/76/6079); Pte Clement Francis (19NA/78/0911); Pte Abubakar Ali (19NA/78/2162); Pte Ibrahim Adamu (19NA/78/6079) and Pte Adamu Ibrahim (21NA/80/4795).
