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NCDDR tells ex-SLA combatants not to claim salaries

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    The National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (NCDDR) has warned former Sierra Leone Army (ex-SLA) combatants not to claim salaries from defence headquarters or any other military establishment. Should they do so, they would face the "full force of the authorities," the
    NCDDR said in a news release on Thursday.

    Some ex-combatants who have been through DDR have tried to claim money from the army to which they are not entitled. "Former members of the SLA who have been through the demobilisation programme can claim any retirement benefits they are due, but not salaries," the NCDDR statement said, adding that they
    were also entitled to reintegration support from NCDDR.

    The records of those who have entered the DDR programme will be checked against any claim so as to prevent fraud, the news release said.

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