Retired police officers protest over unpaid pension in Abuja

Retired police officers under the contributory pension scheme are protesting in Abuja over several months of unpaid pensions.

Representing various state chapters, they lamented the severe hardships faced due to National Pension Commission’s (PenCom) failure to pay their entitlements.

The retirees are urging 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.’