{"id":352103,"date":"2025-01-12T09:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=352103"},"modified":"2025-01-12T09:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T08:26:11","slug":"tinubu-approves-bans-on-homosexuality-tattoos-others-in-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/12\/tinubu-approves-bans-on-homosexuality-tattoos-others-in-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu approves bans on homosexuality, tattoos, others in military"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>The condition of service also forbids the involvement of officers in amorous relationships with subordinates or their spouses<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s military personnel are now prohibited from engaging in homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, cross-dressing, and other acts deemed contrary to the ethics of the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>The personnel are equally barred from body piercing, tattooing, disorderly behaviour, and drunkenness on or off duty.<\/p>\n<p>This directive is contained in Section 26 of the revised Harmonised Armed Forces Terms and Conditions of Service signed by President Bola Tinubu on December 16, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>A copy of the document obtained on Saturday partly read, \u201cAn officer must not engage in homosexuality, lesbianism, and bestiality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\/she is not to belong to, or engage in activities of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Trans, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual or Agender, Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) group and cross-dressing, amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn officer must not engage in body piercing and tattooing of any part of his body. An officer shall not engage in any form of disorderly behaviour, brawl, or any action of public disgrace. An officer must not at any time be drunk whether on or off duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The condition of service also forbids the involvement of officers in amorous relationships with subordinates or their spouses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn officer shall not engage in any amorous relationship with any soldier\/rating\/airman\/airwoman, fellow officer\u2019s or soldier\u2019s\/rating\u2019s\/airmen\u2019s\/air women\u2019s spouse, \u201c it stated.<\/p>\n<p>The military personnel are obligated to pay financial dues, including vehicle licenses and insurance on time, while they are prohibited from joining secret societies or political parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn officer shall pay all just financial obligations in a proper and timely manner, especially those imposed by law and mutual contract. It is a very serious offence for an officer to be apprehended for failure to license or insure his vehicle, and other legal financial obligations. In the same vein, the issuance of a dud cheque constitutes an offence.<\/p>\n<p>The document read further, \u201cAn officer shall not hold membership of any secret society or political party. He shall not participate, in any way, in activities concerned with such societies or parties even in observatory capacities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, since cultural or purely traditional religious societies are not normally secret by membership or in the conduct of their affairs, they are ipso-facto excluded from belonging to secret societies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having a private business, and misuse of government property for personal gain are also prohibited for serving personnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn officer shall not engage in private business. He shall not use or be allowed to use government property, his name, position and connection in any way with commercial enterprises outside employment or activity with or without compensation, which interfere or has the tendency of interfering with his official duty or which may be reasonably expected to bring discredit to the Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn officer shall not accept gifts, favours, entertainments, etc, from officers junior to him in rank or from soldiers\/ratings\/airmen\/airwomen,\u201d the condition of service added.<\/p>\n<p>The punishments or disciplinary measures against any personnel who violate the rules were, however, not stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The condition of service also forbids the involvement of officers in amorous relationships with subordinates or their spouses Nigeria\u2019s military personnel are now prohibited from engaging in homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, cross-dressing, and other acts deemed contrary to the ethics of the armed forces. 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