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Major-General Abdullahi Muraina, who is the Chief of Accounts and Budget for the Nigerian Army, has stated that Nigeria can�t defeat Boko Haram without adequately funding the army. �Currently, budgetary allocation for the military is inadequate to meet the contemporary security challenges and also cater for the welfare of the Nigerian Army,� he said. Muraina also expressed that apart from insufficient funding, the army is embroiled in bureaucratic bottlenecks for funding approvals for military operations across the country, Punch reports.