- By Kamil Opeyemi
Some protesters who claimed to be retired police officers were at the national Assembly on Tuesday to register their displeasure over their unpaid pensions.
The retired officers matched to the National Assembly in Abuja, to protest what they called severe hardships they had faced due to the alleged failure of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) to pay their entitlements.
The protesters said they were representatives of various state chapters called on the federal government to remove them from the Contributory Pension Scheme.
The retirees, seen with various placards, lamented being denied their money after giving their best while serving the nation.
The Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) was introduced in 2004 as part of the pension reform to ensure that both the employer and the employee contribute a portion of the employee’s monthly salary to the scheme, which the employee gets after retirement.
Although the scheme’s main objective is to ensure that every person who works in either public or private organisations gets what will support them after they have retired, the scheme has faced criticisms from Nigerian retirees.