The Kaduna State Association of Retired Police Officers has urged President Bola Tinubu to sign the Police Pension Board Bill into law.
According to the association, if signed into law by the President, the bill voted by the 9th National Assembly will alleviate their suffering.
Speaking to journalists during a prayer session in Kaduna, the Chairman of the Association of Retired Police Officers, Kaduna State Chapter, Munir Lawal-Zaria, laments that their members are impoverished and unable to provide for themselves and their families, despite meritoriously serving their fatherland.
Lawal lamented that the current monthly pension for retired police officers is not commiserate with the present economic situation and what their colleagues in the military and other sister security agencies enjoy.
He therefore demanded for the removal of the police from the Contributory Pension Scheme, which he notes has not added any value to their lives, adding that only 25% of their contribution is given to retired police officers at the end of the day.