Contributory Pension Scheme not good for us – Senior Police officer on 40k Pension per month cries out

Contributory Pension Scheme not good for us – Senior Police officer on 40k Pension per month cries out

A retired police officer, Esther Marcus, has sparked outrage over what she describes as the “disrespectful treatment of retirees” under the current contributory pension scheme.

In a video that quickly went viral, Marcus, who claims to have served as a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), revealed her personal experience with the scheme.

After dedicating 35 years to the force, she was awarded a gratuity of just N1.7 million and placed on a monthly pension of N40,000.

Marcus, visibly frustrated, referred to the contributory pension scheme as “dirty,” highlighting what she sees as a glaring disparity between the years of service and the inadequate compensation offered to retirees.

Her remarks have ignited a broader conversation about the fairness and sustainability of pension arrangements for public servants.

“My name is Esther Marcus, a retired DSP of the Nigerian Police Force. I retired on November 1, 2018.

“I just want to use myself as a case study. It is applicable to every other police officer under this dirty contributory pension scheme.”

Sharing her ordeal, Marcus revealed that she joined the force at age 16 and served for 35 years.

“After serving for 35 years… I waited for over a year before I was given N1.7 million.

“Then, after waiting for another three months, they started paying me N40,000 as my monthly pension… That applies to every other policeman and policewoman who retired under this dirty scheme called the contributory pension scheme.

“This struggle has been ongoing for over 10 years now… They are aware of what we’re going through. They’ve held about three or four public hearings on this case. But when the Army was retiring, the DSS and other paramilitary forces, there was nothing like a public hearing.

“We will not stop fighting. What we are planning now is to go and occupy their National Assembly and call CNN to cover the whole programme.

“Anyone who is against us will not escape from this evil bondage, that person, that man, that group who doesn’t want the police to be exempted from this evil— they are vultures because a vulture only waits for its victim to die, then it comes to feed. And that’s what’s been happening.

“You want the police, knowing fully well that when they retire, they are going into hell; you want them to stop corruption? They will continue collecting. They will continue extorting. They will continue enriching themselves by whatever means they can.”