‘We no go gree’ – Retired police officers protest against Contributory Pension Scheme

Protests erupted crossed Abuja connected Monday arsenic retired officers of the Nigeria Police Force took to the streets implicit delayed outgo of their pensions and benefits by the Federal Government.

In a video sighted by DAILY POST, the aggrieved retirees were seen marching towards the Presidential Villa, demanding their removal from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).

The protesters voiced their frustration, singing, “We nary gree, we nary spell gree, wuru wuru pension, we nary spell gree”, arsenic they called attraction to what they described arsenic years of neglect.

Speaking during the protest, immoderate of the retirees stressed that the objection was a combat for their rights, insisting they would not beryllium intimidated.

“We are warring for our rights and you accidental you volition woody with people? You cannot intimidate us,” 1 of them said.

They further lamented the hardship they present look aft decades of service.

“We person served the Nigeria Police for 35 years, with symptom and suffering. Now that we are retired, we are expected to spell location and bask the fruits of our labour, but the constabulary and the authorities have...