 The coalition of concerned veterans have staged a protest in Cardinal State against the non-payment of 90% security development allowance to its members as well as other allowances. The retired military personnel alongside widows and orphans of ex-service held placards with inscriptions. We can't pay rent. No food on the table to feed our families. Payers are entitlements among other inscriptions. The protest moved from the Legion Office to the Government House. Government are owing us 24-month arrears of minimum wage which was paid and all civilian counterparts have received their own. All retirees on the civilian part have received their own. But we in the armed forces, retired members of the armed forces have not gotten ours. Then we are talking about security department allowance. The security department allowance is an allowance that is paid to retired military personnel to divide them from selling their knowledge or experience to mercenaries outside Nigeria. Since when we lost our husband, when they pay us our gratuity, they now say they will pay our life insurance. Till now we did not see our life insurance. Since 2014, we have been suffering and we cannot stay inside barracks. We now move out. So our life insurance, they have no pay. We don't know why. If you look many of us here now, we have come because of overthinking. All what the President pronounced, that is for us up till now, nothing done. To extend that, Minister of Defence, make sure in the television that he did all those anything with the retirees. That is what make us come out and protect and let the world see us here also. We are suffering inside. We are suffering inside. Now I cannot be afforded to pay my school fees for my children.