Some retired police officers under the Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (REPON) on Monday in Bauchi, staged a peaceful protest over inconsistent payment of their pension.
The group who also demanded exit from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), stormed the Bauchi State Police Command headquarters holding leaves and placards with various inscriptions including, “PenCom is more than Coronavirus”, “FGN We Are Tired of CPS,” and “NPF Pension Where are our Benefits”.
The protesters urged the federal government and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba, to as a matter of urgency, return them to the Nigeria Police Force Pension Contributory Scheme.
Superintendent Iliya John (rtd), during the protest, told the state Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan, that most of their members had died due to frustration from their pension administrators.
He said: “Many of our members are dying because they are collecting less than N15,000 at the end of the month as pension, whereas our other colleagues at various MDAs are collecting more than that amount,” he said.
The CP, however, promised that the command will ensure their complaint is heard by the higher authorities.