Retired police officers protest under rain at N’Assembly gate
Posted on 21 of July 2025. Published by Adeyemi Deborah Itunuoluwa Amid rain, some retired police officers on Monday staged a protest at the entrance gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. The protesters are demanding their removal from the Contributory Pension Scheme. The demonstrators, comprising elderly ex-police personnel, held placards and chanted solidarity songs as they stood in the rain, insisting that their welfare and dignity had been neglected for too long. The protest scene on Monday at Abuja…Photo Credit: Solomon Odeniyi Speaking during the protest, a retired Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP Manir Lawal (retd.) called on the government to exit police retirees from the pension scheme, which he described as exploitative and unjust. He said, ” We are here to ask the government to remove us from the CPS. The pension scheme is...