By our reporter 20.4.2026
Some retired police officers Monday staged a protest at the presidential villa in Abuja, asking President Bola Tinubu to exempt them from the contributory pension scheme.
The officers under the platform of the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria, called on President Bola Tinubu to sign into law the Police Pension Board Bill passed by the National Assembly in December 2025. The protesters also blocked Gate 8 leading into the presidential villa, obstructing vehicular movement in the area.
According to one of the officers the contributory pension scheme is a form of slavery in light of current economic realities, urging Tinubu to establish them into the police pension board.
“I was a DSP and retired in 2024. We’re here today to appeal to our father, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not forcing or ordering you, to exit us from the contributory pension. It is not a contributory pension but a contributory slavery.
“We have been enslaved for long. We want you to use your office to exit us from this contributory pension. You can imagine a DSP who goes home with N30,000 per month. In this economy, what can N30,000 do? We can’t even take ourselves, our children or our husbands to hospitals. Please, we’re begging you to establish us in the Nigerian police pension board,” the protester said.
Meanwhile President Tinubu has approved N18 billion for the establishment of a new police academy campus in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area in Ogun State.
The statement reads: “The President’s approval was in fulfilment of the provisions of the Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021, particularly with respect to the expansion of the Police Academy based in Wudil, Kano state, into multiple campuses across the country.
“The intervention fund will be sourced from the TetFund 2026 allocation to finance priority infrastructure, academic facilities, student accommodation, and core training assets.
“A high-level consultative meeting involving the Minister of Police Affairs, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, officials of the Federal Ministry of Education, the Inspector-General of Police and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) recommended the siting of the new campus in Erinja.” said Bayo Onanuga Tinubu’s adviser on information and strategy.