{"id":88871,"date":"2025-07-21T19:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=88871"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:27:59","slug":"pension-protest-in-abuja-retired-police-officers-demand-better-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/pension-protest-in-abuja-retired-police-officers-demand-better-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Pension protest in Abuja: Retired police officers demand better welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"x9nfb1y\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nPolice officers today July 21st , 2025, staged a protest in Abuja over poor pension payments, following the circulation of viral videos posted by retired officers of the Nigeria Police Force.<\/p>\n<p>They appeared in separate videos now going viral on social media. One retired Deputy Superintendent of Police revealed he received only 2.4 million naira after 35 years in the Force, describing the amount as bitterly inadequate and unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>The protest took place at the  Force Headquarters in Abuja. Retired officers, civil society members, and concerned citizens gathered to demand immediate pension reform and improved welfare for both serving and retired personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters carried placards with messages such as \u201cPolice Deserve Better\u201d, \u201c35 Years of Service Shouldn\u2019t End in Poverty\u201d, and \u201cReform Police Pension Now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>police officers today July 21st , 2025, staged a protest in Abuja over poor pension payments, following the circulation of viral videos posted by retired officers of the Nigeria Police Force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2022],"tags":[691,12669,765,19039],"class_list":["post-88871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gtv-exclusive","tag-nigeria","tag-officers","tag-police","tag-retired"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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