President Tinubu offers houses, scholarships to families of slain soldiers

President Bola Tinubu has stated that the families of the soldiers murdered in Delta’s Okuama town will be supplied with houses as well as complete university scholarships.

He said this during his statement at the burial ceremony for the 17 troops who died at the National Cemetery in Abuja.

Dada Olusegun, President Tinubu’s special assistant, made the announcement on social media.

He wrote: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says the federal government will provide housing to each of the families of the fallen heroes anywhere they choose within the country.

“The federal government also awarded the children of the fallen heroes full educational scholarships to the University level including the ones still in the womb of their mothers. FG also appeals to the Military Pensions Board that all their emoluments must be paid within 90 days.”