BREAKING: Sowore Archives - Business Today NG https://businesstodayng.com/tag/breaking-sowore/ The Hub of News Reporting Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:15:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 BREAKING: Sowore, Others Shun PCRC Warnings, Lead Retired Police officers in Protest For Better Pension Benefits https://businesstodayng.com/breaking-sowore-others-shun-pcrc-warnings-lead-retired-police-officers-in-protest/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:58:30 +0000 https://businesstodayng.com/?p=52051 Despite the warning by Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC)  that retired police officers should not stage a protest concerning the issues of contributory pension scheme, the latter shunned the directive and staged protest on Monday, 21 July, 2025, reports Business Today NG. The  Presidential candidate of African Action Congress, (AAC), in the 2023 elections and  […]

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]]> Despite the warning by Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC)  that retired police officers should not stage a protest concerning the issues of contributory pension scheme, the latter shunned the directive and staged protest on Monday, 21 July, 2025, reports Business Today NG.

The  Presidential candidate of African Action Congress, (AAC), in the 2023 elections and  human rights activist Omoyele Sowore and others on Monday, 21 July, 2025  lead , aggrieved retired police officers in the protest

The protest, it was gathered, is meant  to demand improved welfare for personnel of the Nigeria Police Force.

Recall that the Nigerian Union of Retired Police Officers had vowed to be picket the National Assembly complex and thereafter move to the Force Headquarters, calling their immediate removal from contributory pension scheme.

They described the pension scheme as a “discriminatory”, stating that their members have been dying.

The PCRC had warned against the protest, calling on the aggrieved retirees to return to the table for negotiations.

According to PCRC, the protest was an attempt to discredit the Inspector General of Police, IGP and the administration of President Bola Tinubu.

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