Engr Shaibu@engr_shaibu_ Ā· Nov 28, 2025š§µNDA 78RC portal opens today. Before you waste N7,000 and 5 years of your life, let me drop some hard truth nobody inā¦
Summary
A social media user warns potential Nigerian military academy candidates about the harsh realities of joining the armed forces, including low pay (ā¦140-150k monthly after deductions), dangerous postings, strict restrictions on personal freedoms, and difficult conditions, suggesting alternative career paths in tech or emigration would offer better prospects.
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š§µNDA 78RC portal opens today. Before you waste N7,000 and 5 years of your life, let me drop some hard truth nobody in uniform will tell you on open day: (1) Starting pay as a newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant? Less than ā¦180k/month (after tax & deductions, youāll see ~ā¦140-150k). Your cousin driving Bolt on weekends is clearing more. A corper in Lagos is almost making same with you. (2) Youāll be posted to Sambisa or Zamfara forest with equipment from 1960. Bullet proof vest? Youāll share one per section. Your mates in tech are buying land in Epe, youāll be praying the next ambush isnāt yours. (3) 5 years of no girlfriend (they ban relationships in Kaduna), no beards, no phone for months, 4am drills, senior officers treating you like trashā¦ Then you pass out and they post you to Maiduguri to go and be collecting ā¦1,500 āwelfareā while risking your life daily. If you can push that same energy into tech, Canada/US visa, in 5 years youāll be living the life these generals only dream of. The military is a trap for brilliant poor boys. Donāt let patriotism finish you while our politicians who youāre way smarter than live like kings.š£ļøš
DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA@DHQNigeria Ā· Nov 27, 2025Application for Admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy 78 Regular Course Begins Tomorrow Friday 28 November 2025. Visit ndapplications.net to apply
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Engr Shaibu@engr_shaibu_ Ā· Nov 28, 2025This is Americaās response to the attack on 2 National guards. ššBut when ISWAP/Boko paraded videos of Gen. Musa Uba's brutal execution, our cowards in khaki DENIED it for days; Hiding behind lies to save face! No rescue op, no justice, just silence that screams betrayal. That manās blood will continue to be on your hands, not the battlefield. When will we stop sacrificing our best for APC govtās incompetence?
- #3Engr Shaibu@engr_shaibu_ Ā· Nov 28, 2025
Thread š§µš Same job: Soldier Different planet: Benefits šŗšø U.S. Army Private (E-1, first year) ā¢ Base pay: ~$42,000/yr ā¢ Free healthcare for life (TRICARE) ā¢ Free college (GI Bill pays 100% tuition + $1,000/month housing) ā¢ $400,000 life insurance for $28/month ā¢ 30 days paid vacation ā¢ Buy a house with $0 down payment (VA loan) ā¢ Retire after 20 years with pension (50% of base pay for life) š³š¬ Nigerian Army Private ā¢ Base pay: ~$1,200ā$1,800/yr (ā¦1.6māā¦2.4m) ā¢ Healthcare: Pray you donāt get shot in a place without fuel for the ambulance ā¢ Education: Pay school fees yourselfā¦ if you survive long enough ā¢ Life insurance: Your village might do crowdfunding ā¢ Leave: Good luck ā¢ Housing: Youāre probably still squatting with your uncle ā¢ Pension: Queue from 7amā5pm for 7 years to collect ā¦18k/monthā¦ if the money enter One fights terrorists in the desert. The other fights terrorists in the desert.
- #4Engr Shaibu@engr_shaibu_ Ā· Nov 28, 2025
Our politicians love Nigeria the way landlords love tenants who pay rent in dollars but live in London. They sing the national anthem with passionā¦ at events abroad. They pledge allegianceā¦ to their offshore accounts. Patriotism na only for campaign poster. When bullet fly, their children dey Harvard, your children dey dodge stray bullets. When e reach time to dĆe for country na poor man turn to join NDA. God dey watch una in 8K. Miss me with all the āpatriotismā gaslighting.
- #5Engr Shaibu@engr_shaibu_ Ā· Nov 28, 2025
š³š¬š¤ If your heart is calling you to serve this uniform, I will NEVER stand in your way. In fact, I will clear the road for you. You want to apply for NDA 78RC? Drop your name in my DM right now. I will personally pay your ā¦7,000 form fee. I will send you transport money to the exam centre; no matter the state. I will even add feeding money so hunger doesnāt distract you while you write the exam. Because some of us are complaining from the comfort of AC offices, but YOU are ready to stand in the sun, in the rain, in Sambisa, in Zamfara, where bullets donāt send warnings. To every soldier, airman, sailor already wearing this uniform while some of us are typing threads: I owe you my freedom to type this. I owe you the peace to sleep at night. Some of you have carried your wounded brother on your back while bleeding yourself. Some of you have buried friends you finished NDA with just last year. Some of you havenāt seen your children in 2 years because youāre holding the line in the North-East. From the depth of my heart; THANK YOU. Your sacrifice is not small. Your pain is not invisible. Even when the country forgets, I will never forget. So if youāre that young man or woman burning with fire to fix this military from inside, If you believe you can be part of the generation that changes everything, Come. The door is open. Iāll pay your way in. Just say the word in my DM. Nigeria will rise again; but only if brave people like you still answer the call. God bless every Nigerian in uniform. God bless every Nigerian willing to wear it tomorrow. š³š¬ā¤ļø (Drop your name if you need the form fee covered. Iām dead serious.)
