Citing marked disparity in their salaries compared to their
counterparts serving with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Nigeria police officers have signalled their resolve to commence a nationwide
strike on March 26.
The protest tagged “We are tired of negligence” is scheduled
to be held at the Eagles Square in Abuja to reiterate their demands to the
federal government.
In a document referenced 4001/AJR/NPF/ABJ/VOL 7/188
addressed to the Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba, the aggrieved
officers asserted that “strike is the only language Nigerian government
understand(s).”
According to the the document, all junior ranking officers
have been banned from their duty posts including those attached to politicians
on and from the said date.
Among their grouses are “poor salary/welfare, non-issuer of
kits/accoutrements, non-payment of duty tour allowances, non-payment of course
allowances, poor barracks accommodation, non-promotion as at when due”, as seen
in the strike memo.
The protesting officers compared their salary structure with
that of their counterparts at the anti-graft agency, EFCC where a level 03
officer earned N280,000 monthly, while a police constable on the same level
earned a measly N45,700 barely above the minimum wage.
An EFCC operative on grade level 08 “will smile home with
over N490,000 every month,” while a police inspector on the same level earned
only N109,200, the document highlighted.
The aggrieved officers demanded that the government should
publish the differences between the salaries of both security outfits.
Tax waiver, pension exemption, immediate renovation of all
barracks, IPPIS mode of payment remained
top on the list of their demands to the government.
Addressing Musiliu Smith, who chairs the Police Service
Commission (PSC), the officers asked that personnel promoted since 2015 should
be advanced to their next rank.
The IGP has also been asked to “immediately commence the distribution”
of two pairs of uniforms to all junior ranking officers of the force.
“No police, no democracy, 26/03/22 is the date, Eagles
Square is the venue” reads the concluding part of the document addressed to key
figures in the Muhammadu Buhari regime.
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