In a desperate move to make their voice heard over the frustration facing them due to the meagre monthly income, a retired Assistant Superintendent of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Inusa Muhammed, has called on President Bola Tinubu to make an upward review of their monthly pension.
Inusa, who posted his plea on a Facebook account bearing Nigerian Police Information with a title “Open Letter to All Security Agencies and the Federal Government of Nigeria”, addressed to the President, National Assembly, and others, said the law enforcement officers in the country have served with honour but have been treated with shame.
He stressed that their lives have been in shambles for putting them in the contributory pension scheme.
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The visibly frustrated former Prison worker said, “Dear Leaders and Fellow Nigerians, I am writing on behalf of thousands of retired paramilitary officers from the Nigeria Police Force, Correctional Service, Civil Defence, Immigration, Fire Service, and others – who are suffering in silence after years of loyal service to this nation.
“We gave 25 to 35 years of our lives to protect Nigeria.
“We worked night and day, in rain and sun, in hardship and danger.
“We faced prison riots, armed robbers, terrorists, and national emergencies.
“But now in retirement, we are treated like forgotten tools”.
He lamented that a retired DSP or ACP earns N30,000 to N40,000 a month, sometimes even less as pension.
“How do you expect a man who served Nigeria for over 30 years to feed his family, pay rent, buy drugs, and train his children on this?” He queried.
He claimed that many of them retired without any lump sum, while some waited 1to 3 years without receiving a single dime.
The former prison staff further disclosed that some of their colleagues have died waiting for their pension, and others are now sick and can’t afford hospital bills.
“Our children drop out of school because we can no longer pay their school fees.
How can a former Deputy Superintendent of Police not afford to send his child to school?” he stated.
Inusa also disclosed that some of the former security operatives are now tricycle riding to make ends meet, do security jobs for N15,000, or beg for food just to survive, adding that it is an insult to their years of sacrifice.
“Our colleagues in the Nigerian Army are not under the Contributory Pension Scheme. They receive their entitlements immediately after they are discharged from service , why us ?” he stressed.
Recall that some human rights activists led by Omoyele Sowore protested against the poor living conditions of the Nigerian Forces recently.
The activists who took the protest to the Force Headquarters in Abuja met stiff resistance and were sent away by the police detachment at the gate with gun threats.
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