Police Officers Lament Over Unpaid salary Arrears,6 Years After Promotion
By Ifeoma Ikem
EXCLUSIVE: Some Junior officers of the Nigerian Police are lamenting over the inhumane and unfair treatment meted out to them that got promoted since 2017 from Sergeant to Inspector ranks without paid arrears.
They claimed that they are yet to receive their arrears while some of their mates were selected and paid.
Some of these selected officers earlier received thirty eight thousand naira as part payment and later on, another over hundred thousand within one month while many of them have not received any thing.
One of the officers affected(nameheld) told our correspondent that they were confused because some of them confirmed that they have gotten their arrears while majority of us had received nothing .
“We cannot continue like this, we are dying seriously, some officers who were promoted died due to health challenges while waiting to get the arrears to support their medication.
“Our salary is poor, with the hardship across the nation what we get at the end of month is not enough to take care of the family”.
According to another source, ‘some of us have contacted IPPIS which is in charge for the arrears both in Abuja and Lagos yet it has not resulted to anything good.
“In fact sometimes, when you call IPPIS no-one will pick your calls for the money we are supposed to benefit from while serving our Father’s land: We are tired of the whole process and situations”, he added.
The officers added that presently they don’t know what to do over the arrears as the authorities claimed that no body is having issues with arrears.
“So now we no longer know who is lying or who will answer us, this is our rights, everyone of us has a family to care of, we go to work everyday without pay”.
They said that sometime in January 2023, there was a circular on committee set up for any complaints on the above subject with the chairman as DCP Umar M. Hadeji.
They were also referred to the complaints unit for police account and budget office with a mandate to find a lasting solution but till date nothing has been done.
