 Ex-servicemen in Nigeria have taken to the streets in Abuja to protest the non-compliance to the approval given by President Mohammad Abu Hari for the payment of their debarment allowance by the Defence Ministry. A correspondent files in this report. These protesters defied the ring and converge on Nigeria's defence ministry, located within the city centre. Former servicemen, widows and families of servicemen who have passed away are many of those that have completed their 35 years of mandatory service to the nation are all here. The decision to spread the money to three to five years. Why do you want to spread this money three to five years? You can imagine, look at look at that. Are you sure that these people, whole, sick tired military veterans will be alive for that three to five years that you are spreading the money for? That is one of our our our objection to that decision and based on that, We have written a series of letters, reminders, in respect of this and nothing, no feedback from government. Some of them expressed their displeasure at the non-payment of their allowances by the government despite approval given by the president for the disboursement of over 130 billionaires. The president has approved 134 billionaires to be paid to us but as we speak, this administration will soon be winding down its activities and mandates and yet we are hearing excuses that this payment is going to be stretched within 30 to 5 years and we are asking questions why should that be, when does the just living service have been paid this money at once and we are their seniors and so this is not acceptable to us. They are calling on the defense ministry to leave up to their responsibility and respect the years of service. Why it is really painful is that our younger ones that are retiring after we might have retired, they have been paid this money. So I want to, the question that it comes to mind is what is the criteria they are using to pay those of our younger ones that are our juniors and we are not being paid. You understand me, that is the question that should come to mind because I really want to, is it that they are dividing the military or what? I am very, very disappointed because that money they are supposed to pay my husband, they didn't pay my husband and my husband and he is late and nobody to help me. So that money is for him, for his own suffer, that is suffer because he suffer a lot. So that money they are supposed to release that money to give me. It is hoped that the federal government will listen to the plight of this ex-service man who sacrificed their youth to serve the fatherland for peace, unity and progress.