Pension scheme: Retired police officers block Presidential Villa gate

Retired unit of the Nigeria Police Force and their families connected Monday blocked a gross of the Presidential Villa successful Abuja successful protestation against their continued inclusion successful the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).

The protesters, nether the aegis of the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria (PROF), described the strategy arsenic “fraudulent, illegal, inhumane, and obnoxious,” calling connected President Bola Tinubu to assent to the Police Exit Bill.

According to the retirees, the measure passed by the National Assembly connected December 4, 2025, and transmitted to the Presidency connected March 16, 2026, would region constabulary unit from the CPS if signed into law.

Leading the protest, the National Coordinator of PROF, CSP Raphael Irowainu (retd.), said the objection was aimed astatine urging the President to enactment connected the legislation.

“Our large purpose present is to prevail connected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to motion our measure the measure exiting the constabulary from the Contributory Pension Scheme passed by the National Assembly connected 4th December 2025 and transmitted to him connected 16th March, 2026, into law, thing much than that,” helium said.

Irowainu lamented that portion different information agencies person been removed from the scheme, constabulary unit stay included....