Retired police officers agitating the payment of their pensions have faulted claims by the police authorities that the Federal Government was to blame for the delay in the payment of their gratuities.
They also tendered their retirement savings accounts’ statements to prove that the Federal Government had paid its own contributions.
In an exclusive report last week pointed out that about 4,000 retired policemen had yet to receive their pensions since 2017 when they left the force after 35 years of serving the nation.
The affected ex-policemen stated that they had been going through hard times following the failure of the Nigeria Police Force Pensions Limited to pay them.
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The retirees, whose pensions are being managed by the pension fund administrator set up by the Nigeria Police Force, and regulated by the National Pension Commission, complained that they were not paid the initial lump sum they were meant to get, despite participating in several data capturing exercises.
By law, the NPF Pensions Limited was supposed to pay a retiree monthly or quarterly income for life after retirement, which is guaranteed for a period of 10 years.
The Force Pension Officer, DCP Ibrahim Tafa, and the police spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, had hinged the delayed pensions payment on the non-release of funds by the Federal Government.
