Retired personnel of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday blocked a gate of the Presidential Villa in protest against their continued inclusion in the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS).
The protesters, operating under the aegis of the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria (PROF), described the scheme as “fraudulent, illegal, inhumane, and obnoxious,” and called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to assent to the Police Exit Bill.
According to the retirees, the bill—passed by the National Assembly of Nigeria on December 4, 2025, and transmitted to the Presidency on March 16, 2026 would remove police personnel from the CPS if signed into law.
Leading the protest, the National Coordinator of PROF, CSP Raphael Irowainu (retd.), said the demonstration was aimed at urging the president to act on the legislation.
“Our major aim here is to prevail on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sign our bill, the bill exiting the police from the Contributory Pension Scheme passed by the National Assembly on 4th December 2025 and transmitted to him on 16th March, 2026, into law, nothing more than that,” he said.
Irowainu lamented that while other security agencies have been removed from the scheme, police personnel remain included.
He noted that agencies such as the armed forces and intelligence services had already been exempted from the CPS.
The retirees argued that the pension scheme has negatively affected their welfare, describing it as a “slavery and untimely death-inducing pension scheme.”
Monday’s protest is not the first by retired police officers over the issue.
In July 2025, retirees staged a similar demonstration at the National Assembly, demanding their removal from the scheme and improved pension conditions.
