The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Olatunji Disu, has proposed a 200 per cent gratuity and pension for retired police officers as a part of ongoing reforms to deal with longstanding pension challenges within the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
Disu disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, saying the proposal was earlier than a Presidential Committee established to look at police issues and suggest sustainable options.
He stated the proposal was supposed to safe improved retirement advantages for police personnel and deal with longstanding pension challenges.
The committee contains representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, the Budget Office of the Federation and the National Pension Commission (PenCom).
Proposed reforms goal pension liabilities
Disu stated the proposed framework would tie eligible officers’ pension advantages to their final salaries whereas offering an enhanced gratuity.
- “Under the proposed arrangement, eligible officers can retire on pension benefits linked to their last salaries, alongside the enhanced gratuity,” Disu stated.
He stated the bundle was additionally anticipated to deal with recurring protests by serving officers looking for to exit the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), a contentious subject throughout the drive.
Disu stated the proposed initiative would deal with excellent pension liabilities, enhance retirement advantages and set up a extra environment friendly pension administration system.
- “The initiative is aimed at resolving the outstanding pension liabilities, provide more adequate retirement benefits and create a more efficient pension administration system,” he stated.
- “It also seeks to cover officers who retired before the new framework takes effect, with provisions to review their benefits in line with the revised terms, rather than limiting reform to future retirees,” he stated.
He added that the committee would suggest measures to deal with excellent liabilities, funding preparations and profit administration, whereas enhancing coordination among the many establishments accountable for pension coverage, funding and administration.
Disu pressured that the proposal remained topic to the committee’s deliberations, related authorities approvals, funding preparations and implementation pointers. He cautioned that the proposed 200 per cent gratuity and pension shouldn’t be thought to be an accredited profit or an current entitlement.
Government clears pension cost backlog
Disu stated President Bola Tinubu’s intervention within the police pension disaster had raised expectations amongst retired officers who had lengthy complained about insufficient advantages, delayed funds and administrative bottlenecks.
He famous that well timed entry to pension advantages was important for retirees to fulfill family bills and medical payments amid rising dwelling prices.
According to the IG, the Federal Government had cleared the backlog of pension funds that beforehand left some retirees ready for as much as two years and launched pension increments.
He stated some beneficiaries had been now receiving virtually double their earlier pension funds.
Police pension reform efforts
The proposed pension reforms come amid longstanding calls for by retired police officers to exit the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and safe improved retirement advantages.
In April 2026, Nairametrics reported that retired police officers protested in Abuja, urging President Bola Tinubu to approve their exit from the CPS and set up a Nigerian Police Pension Board.
In November 2024, the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) warned that removing police officers from the CPS could destabilise Nigeria’s financial system. The affiliation estimated that shifting to a Defined Benefits Scheme might require N3.5 trillion yearly to fund pensions for about 400,000 personnel.
In August 2025, President Tinubu directed the immediate rollout of free healthcare for low-income retirees and urged the National Pension Commission (PenCom) to resolve the longstanding police pension subject as a part of broader efforts to enhance pensioners’ welfare.
