More than 15,000 police officers have threatened to either go on strike or disrupt the March 28 and April 11 general elections.
They were made up of officers who were.....
promoted from the rank of sergeant to the rank of inspector and those
promoted from the rank of inspector to the rank of assistant
superintendent of police in December 2013.
The policemen, according to seven of them
who met with one of our correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, said that
they were promoted since December 2013, but that the police authorities
had refused to pay them their new salaries.
They said that after waiting for the
police authorities for over a year, they were surprised that they were
paid their new salaries with the January 2015 salaries, wondering why
the money meant for the 13 month was not included.
One of them said, “We were promoted in
December 2013 and the letters which were given to us indicated that we
were to enjoy the benefits accruing to our new rank from the date of our
promotion.
“We waited to be paid throughout last year, which was 2014. They didn’t pay us, saying that the money was not yet released.
“In January this year, they paid us the
new salary that was commensurate with our new ranks. But they have
refused to pay the areas for the 13 month.”
Another officer, who is an ASP, said, “We
know that there is corruption in the Force, but how can someone sit on
our 13th month salaries and would expect us to keep quiet?
“Elections are coming. They said we
should be neutral. How can we be neutral when we are being shortchanged
by our bosses and the country?
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