Recall that SaharaReporters had reported that some policemen across the country had expressed their displeasure over how the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force refused to pay up the six months’ arrears of the new salary structure approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for the force since 2021.
The Nigeria Police Force has commenced the payment of the six months’ salary arrears of the new salary structure owed to its personnel across the country, SaharaReporters can report.
Recall that SaharaReporters had reported that some policemen across the country had expressed their displeasure over how the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force refused to pay up the six months’ arrears of the new salary structure approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for the force since 2021.
Some of the affected police officers had told SaharaReporters that the newly approved police salary structure which its implementation supposed to have commenced in January 2022 only started in July 2022 with only one month arrears of payment.
The police officers decried that the federal government had released the money for the six months’ arrears but the leadership of the police starting with the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, had refused to pay it to personnel and could continue to delay the payment.
SaharaReporters had also reported that some aggrieved senior police officers had planned to hold a mega protest in Lagos State over the unpaid six months arrears by the police authorities.
They noted that only grade level 03,04,05,06 and few 07 were paid while those in grade level 08, 09, 10 and 11 were not paid, adding that from Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP) up to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, had however been paid four months arrears.
On Monday, SaharaReporters reported how the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, came under criticisms over his series of tweets confirming the non-payment of the police personnel salary arrears.
But a police source told SaharaReporters on Tuesday that the police authorities had started payment of the six months arrears.