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They are demanding that their names be removed from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) with immediate effect.
Like their counterpart in the Army, Navy and Airforce, the Nigeria Police Retirees asked that they be included in the debarment allowances.
Led by their National Legal Adviser in a protest to the National Assembly on Wednesday in Abuja, Elder Ofem O. Nbang explained their ordeals in the scheme to be lack of transparency.
Also, in a copy of the petition addressed to the Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila made available to DAILY POST, the former cops lamented that the contributory scheme law was retrogressive.
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Retired policemen under the Contributory Pension Scheme are calling on the national assembly to amend the Pension Act to reflect the Police, as its Military and Department of State Security counterpart.
Their argument was that the debarment allowance which their counterparts in the military enjoy has been denied members of the Nigerian Police who know about internal security.
Spokesman of the group and legal Adviser, Elder Ofem Nbang who led the group to the national assembly said read out the group’s petition to both the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.
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