By; ISAAC ODEH, Kaduna
The National Union of the Police Retirees, Kaduna State Branch has arranged for a mother of all protest to remain at the National Assembly until President Bola Tinubu sign the pension exit bills.
The bill to exit the Nigeria Police from Contributory Pension Scheme and the bill for the establishment of the Nigeria Police Pension Board, as the police retirees are patiently waiting for, and there is the tendency that, the promise may not be fulfill, as September is winding up.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman of the Police Retirees Kaduna State Chapter, CSP Mannir Lawal Zaria (Rtd) and the Vice Chairman, ASP Danlami Maigamo (Rtd) and distributed to journalists in Kaduna.
CSP Mannir Lawal Zaria (Rtd) lamented that the police retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme are dying immensely due to poverty and hunger.
“The union is also pleading that, as the death toll is on the increase among the police retirees under the contributory Pension Scheme and the prices of commodity of any type is also on the increase” He said.
“Federal Government should come to the aid of the police retirees under the contributory Pension Scheme before they all perish, by immediately paying the following allowances to the police retirees under the contributory Pension Scheme.
” Two point five percent differential, the Federal Government Palliative and three consecutive pension increase by the Federal Government as well as the minimum wage increase.
“During the Police Retirees Kaduna State Branch monthly meeting held last Wednesday at Police Officers Mess Kaduna.
“Members became shocked and worried, as there is a sign of unfulfillment of a promise that begin to manifest it,s self because it can be recall that, on the 22/09/24
” The National Union of the Police Retirees under the contributory Pension Scheme carried out a nationwide peaceful protest to the National Assembly Abuja.
“During the protest, the Chairman Senate Committee for Police Affairs, Senator Ahmed Abdulkadir Malamadori, address some of the retirees in his office, where he promise the retirees that, before September 24, they would be exited from the Contributory Pension Scheme to the Define Benefit Scheme (DBS). that the two Police Bills would be Harmonize.
“Sequel to this sign of un fulfilment, the blood pressure of many concern police retirees has raisen above maximum.
“Therefore, the Kaduna Branch has unanimously agreed that, if by the end of this September, the Nigeria Police is not exempted from contributory Pension Scheme”.
