Nigerian Army Salary 2022,How Much A Nigerian Soldier Is Paid

Nigerian Army Salary 2022, How much a Nigerian Army Personnel is paid is what some people have wanted to know, in this post, we are going to break down how much a Soldier in the Army is Paid.

Firstly you have to know that there are different ranks in the Army and salary is paid according to the rank you are. People that just joined the army as recruits are to have lesser salaries than the people that are commissioned. We have already written a post about the ranks in the Nigerian Army.

I know that some may not understand what I mean but let me explain further.

The commissioned officers are the ones that pass through the Nigerian Defence Academy NDA and were commissioned by the chief commander of the Armed Forces. You can read on how to join the Nigerian Defence Academy. Or those who joined the Nigerian Army as a graduate, which means that they have already finished from higher institutions before joining the Nigerian Army. We made an article on how to join the Nigerian Army as a graduate. Their salary is bigger than those who joined the Nigerian Army as a Non-Commisioned Officer.

The Nigerian Army Recruit are the ones that spent a period of training in the Nigerian Army Training School in the Nigerian Army Depot Zaria Kaduna. They are also called the Non Commissioned Officers and their salary is lesser. We have also written a post on how to join the Nigerian Army recruitment.

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The Nigerian Army Ranks are classified into two groups. The Non-Commissioned Officers and the Commissioned officers. So the Salary structure is also classified into two. The Nigerian Army Structure is As below.

Nigerian Army Salary 2022 And Ranks

 For the Non Commissioned Officers 

• Private Soldier is Paid #50,000 Monthly.
• Lance Corporal Earns #57,000 Monthly.
• Coporal Collects #62,000 Monthly.
• Sergeant Is Paid #68,000 Monthly.
• Staff Sergeant Earns #80,000 Monthly.
• Warrant Officer Is paid #110,000 monthly Salary.
• Master Warrant Officer Earns #130,000 Monthly.
• Army Warrant Officer Collects #180,000 Monthly.

For the Commissioned officers 

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• Second Lieutenant Salary is #200,000 monthly.
• Lieutenant is paid #230,000 monthly.
• Captain Earns #280,000 Monthly.
• Major collects #350,000 as Monthly Salary.
• Lieutenant Colonel is paid #400,000 Monthly
• Colonel Monthly Salary is  #550,000
• Brigadier General (1 Star General) earns #850,000 Monthly.
• Major General (2 Star General) is paid #1,000,000 Monthly
• Lieutenant General (3 Star General) – 1.5 Million monthly.
• General (4 Star General) collects – 2 Million monthly.

There is still one rank remaining which is the field Marshall. No one has reached the Rank in the Army so it’s always assumed that it’s the president who is also the commander in chief of the Armed Forces that bears the rank.

If you want to read more about the Nigerian Army, Please visit The Nigerian Army Official website www.army.mil.ng