Retired police officers across Nigeria have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently assent to the Police Exit Bill, arguing that improved welfare for serving and retired personnel is essential to strengthening the nation’s internal security architecture.
The appeal was made on Tuesday in Akure, Ondo State, during a press conference addressed by the National Coordinator of the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria (PROF), CSP Raphael Irowainu (Rtd), who described the bill as a strategic national security intervention rather than a mere welfare package.
According to him, the legislation, which seeks to exempt the Nigeria Police Force from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), was passed by the National Assembly in December 2025 and transmitted to the President in March 2026 for assent.
He said the forum’s immediate demands include presidential assent to the Police Exit Bill, total withdrawal of the Nigeria Police Force from the Contributory Pension Scheme, migration to a Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, establishment of a Police Pension Board and payment of all accrued pension rights and arrears owed to retirees