As part of wider reforms to address the agency’s longstanding pension challenges, the InspectorIGP Disu and his pledge to overhaul police operations-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has proposed a 200 per cent gratuity for retired officers to secure improved retirement benefits for personnel of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The proposal, under which eligible officers could retire on pension benefits linked to their last salaries, alongside the enhanced gratuity, is currently being considered by a presidential committee set up to examine police concerns.
The committee comprises 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). 
It is expected to recommend measures on outstanding liabilities, funding arrangements and benefit administration, providing a framework for resolving the pension challenges and improving coordination among the institutions responsible for policy, funding and administration.
The proposed package is also expected to address recurring protests by serving officers seeking to exit the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), which remains a contentious issue within the force.
According to the IGP, the initiative aims to resolve outstanding pension liabilities, provide more adequate retirement benefits and create a more efficient pension administration system.
He said the proposal also seeks to cover officers who retired before any new framework takes effect, with provisions to review their benefits in line with the revised terms, rather than limiting reform to future retirees.
However, the outcome will determine whether the 200 per cent proposal is adopted, the eligible officers, and how approved changes are implemented.
Meanwhile, the federal government has reportedly cleared the backlog of pension payments over which some retirees had waited for up to two years, and also introduced pension increases, with some beneficiaries receiving almost double their previous payments.
