Retired Police Officers protest in Abuja over unpaid Pension.
Members of the Retired Police Officers of Nigeria Under the contributory pension scheme are protesting in Abuja due to various untold hardship faced by members of the association over the failure of PENCOM to pay their entitlement.
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It has been gathered that for several months now, members have not been able to get their pensions and other benefits that belongs to them.
In lieu of this, they came from different state chapters, lamenting the untold hardship faced by members over PENCOM’s failure to pay their entitlements. They demonstrated their grievances and are requesting the Federal Government to remove them from the contributory pension scheme.
This is not the first time police retirees have protested. In September 2021, retired officers from 27 states stormed the National Assembly in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, demanding their pension payments.
During the protest, they displayed placards with messages such as ‘NPF pension defrauding police retirees, SOS,’ ‘Police officers are dying in penury under the contributory pension scheme,’ and ‘CPS is a death sentence against police.
