The Inspector-Normal of Police (IG), Olatunji Disu, has proposed a 200 in step with cent gratuity and pension for retired cops as a part of ongoing reforms to deal with longstanding pension demanding situations within the Nigeria Police Power (NPF).
Disu disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, announcing the proposal used to be earlier than a Presidential Committee established to inspect police issues and counsel sustainable answers.
He mentioned the proposal used to be meant to protected advanced retirement advantages for police body of workers and deal with longstanding pension demanding situations.
The committee contains representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Administrative center of the Accountant-Normal of the Federation, the Nationwide Salaries, Earning and Wages Fee, the Price range Administrative center of the Federation and the Nationwide Pension Fee (PenCom).
Proposed reforms goal pension liabilities
Disu mentioned the proposed framework would tie eligible officials’ pension advantages to their final salaries whilst offering an enhanced gratuity.
- “Below the proposed association, eligible officials can retire on pension advantages connected to their final salaries, along the improved gratuity,” Disu mentioned.
He mentioned the bundle used to be additionally anticipated to deal with ordinary protests via serving officials in quest of to go out the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), a contentious factor inside the pressure.
Disu mentioned the proposed initiative would deal with remarkable pension liabilities, support retirement advantages and determine a extra environment friendly pension management device.
- “The initiative is aimed toward resolving the phenomenal pension liabilities, supply extra ok retirement advantages and create a extra environment friendly pension management device,” he mentioned.
- “It additionally seeks to hide officials who retired earlier than the brand new framework takes impact, with provisions to check their advantages in step with the revised phrases, relatively than restricting reform to long term retirees,” he mentioned.
He added that the committee would counsel measures to deal with remarkable liabilities, investment preparations and receive advantages management, whilst bettering coordination a few of the establishments liable for pension coverage, investment and management.
Disu wired that the proposal remained topic to the committee’s deliberations, related executive approvals, investment preparations and implementation tips. He cautioned that the proposed 200 in step with cent gratuity and pension must no longer be considered an licensed receive advantages or an present entitlement.
Executive clears pension fee backlog
Disu mentioned President Bola Tinubu’s intervention within the police pension disaster had raised expectancies amongst retired officials who had lengthy complained about insufficient advantages, behind schedule bills and administrative bottlenecks.
He famous that well timed get entry to to pension advantages used to be very important for retirees to fulfill family bills and clinical expenses amid emerging dwelling prices.
In step with the IG, the Federal Executive had cleared the backlog of pension bills that in the past left some retirees looking ahead to as much as two years and presented pension increments.
He mentioned some beneficiaries have been now receiving virtually double their earlier pension bills.
Police pension reform efforts
The proposed pension reforms come amid longstanding calls for via retired cops to go out the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and protected advanced retirement advantages.
In April 2026, Nairametrics reported that retired police officers protested in Abuja, urging President Bola Tinubu to approve their go out from the CPS and determine a Nigerian Police Pension Board.
In November 2024, the Pension Fund Operators Affiliation of Nigeria (PenOp) warned that removing police officers from the CPS could destabilise Nigeria’s financial system. The affiliation estimated that transferring to a Outlined Advantages Scheme may require N3.5 trillion once a year to fund pensions for roughly 400,000 body of workers.
In August 2025, President Tinubu directed the immediate rollout of free healthcare for low-income retirees and advised the Nationwide Pension Fee (PenCom) to unravel the longstanding police pension factor as a part of broader efforts to support pensioners’ welfare.