Some retired police officers on Tuesday besieged the national assembly over unpaid pensions.
The retirees are demanding that they be removed from the
contributory pension scheme.
In a letter dated May 21 and addressed to Senate President
Godswill Akpabio, the retirees said many of them have lost their lives due to
the prevailing economic hardship.
“We believe that our peaceful and legal approach to this agitation would not be taken for granted by you,” the letter reads.
“We must also
appreciate both the members of the Upper and the Lower Chambers who have also
painstakingly taken the matter through several sessions of legislative actions
spanning investigative hearings, public hearings.
“And passage of the Police Exit Bill from CPS and Police
Pension Board Bill in our favour, privately initiated bills by Sen. Elisha Abbo
and Hon. Francis Waive of the Senate and House of Representative respectively,
in the 9th NASS.
“Sir, permit us to intimate our dear Senate President that
the Bill for an Act to establish the Nigeria Police Pension Board to handle
Pension matters for personnel of the Force and for connected purposes was
passed by the 9th Assembly Senate on Tuesday 5th June, 2023.
“Whereas the sister
bill to exempt the Police Force from the application of the Contributory
Pensions Scheme under the CPS 2014 and for related matters which public hearing
was conducted since 22/02/22 by the House Committee on Pensions of the 9th
Assembly, came up in the floor of the 10th Assembly on 23rd November, 2023 for
harmonization process but is still pending till date.
“The speedy harmonisation and transmission of these bills to
the President for assent become absolutely necessary due to very obvious
reasons.
“A few of such reasons is the rate at which Retired police
officers die because of hardship caused by the present economic situation in
Nigeria.”
Speaking with the retirees, Yunus Akintunde, deputy chair of
the senate committee on police, said the national assembly is working to
resolve the issue.
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