Retired police officers plan protest to Aso Rock Tuesday

The Union of Retired Police Officers nether the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), has announced plans to signifier a peaceful protestation astatine the Presidential Villa connected Tuesday adjacent week, if the measure to exit the Nigeria Police from the CPS remains unsigned by the deadline.

Chairman of the Kaduna State Chapter, retired Chief Superintendent of Police Mannir M. Lawal (Zaria), and the retired Assistant Superintendent of Police Danlami Maigamo, successful a connection jointly signed, said the decision
followed the result of the union’s monthly gathering held connected March 18, 2026, astatine the Police Officers’ Mess successful Kaduna.

“During the meeting, members lamented that galore retirees are presently surviving successful abject poverty, struggling to provender themselves and their families”.

Lawal, a connection by the Clerk of the National Assembly dated March 16, 2026, indicated that nether Section 58(4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the President has 30 days to either assent to oregon diminution the bill.

The retirees said that the measure was transmitted to the Presidency connected February 23, 2026, and is expected to scope the 30-day constitu...