The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) Pensions Limited has announced that all outstanding pension arrears for retired officers and death benefits owed to the next of kin (NOK) of deceased personnel have been fully settled since the assumption of office by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun.

According to the company, over ₦97.502 billion has so far been paid as pensions to 30,370 retired officers and men of the Force since the inception of NPF Pensions Limited.

In addition, more than ₦39.572 billion has been disbursed as death benefits to 8,847 families of officers who lost their lives in active service, while 25,572 retirees currently receive a total of ₦1.563 billion as monthly pension payments.

Commissioner of Police (Pensions), Sani Doki Yusuf, disclosed this on Wednesday at a Pre-Retirement Seminar for police personnel retiring between January and December 2026, held in Kano.

Yusuf said the Police Force has deployed effective mechanisms that have reversed the long-standing problem of pension delays, where retirees previously waited years to receive their entitlements.

He explained that under the supervision of IGP Egbetokun, NPF Pensions Limited has institutionalised prompt settlement of benefits, with outstanding cases now limited to a few instances where retirees failed to regularise their documentation.

The CP Pensions said the seminar, organised for police retirees from the North-West states, was aimed at educating officers on proper documentation and record management to prevent technical issues that often delay payment processes.

On her part, the Force Insurance Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ameh Lydia, highlighted ongoing efforts by NPF Pensions to keep retirees informed of new developments aimed at improving service delivery.

ACP Lydia, who also serves as a director on the board of NPF Pensions Limited, assured officers that retirees would no longer experience undue hardship in accessing their entitlements.

“Looking at what the present government is doing and the efforts of the Inspector-General of Police and NPF Pensions Limited, it is commendable. Before now, you would hear of people retiring for two or three years without receiving benefits,” she said.

“But today, as you heard in the hall, officers who retired as recently as December have been paid, except those with incomplete documentation. If you retire today and your records are intact, it will take just three to five working days for payment to be processed,” ACP Lydia added.

Managing Director of NPF Pensions Limited, Abdulkarim Shehu Gezawa, said the company operates under the Contributory Pension Scheme in line with the Pension Reform Act 2004, as amended in 2014.

Gezawa noted that police pensions are regulated by the National Pension Commission (PenCom), the statutory regulator of the pension industry, adding that police retirees have continued to express confidence in the scheme, as their funds are securely domiciled in the consolidated pension accounts.