The Federal Executive Council has approved a 20 per cent increase in the salaries of the Nigeria Police Force operatives with effect from January 2022.
The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, divulged this to reporters at the State House at the end of the virtual Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Dingyadi explained that the increased remuneration was a fruit of the demands of youths during the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country in October 2020.
Part of the EndSARS demands made by the protesters was the upward review of the salaries and increased welfare for police personnel.
The minister added that the approval aligned with the President’s promise to enhance police personnel’s pay as demanded by the protesters.
He said the council also approved the review of police duty tour allowance and shift allowance to six per cent, as well as the release of N1.2bn for the payment of uninsured benefits.
The minister said the sum of N13.13bn was approved for outstanding death benefits of 5,472 police personnel. He, however, stated that the payment would only commence after the Auditor General of Federation must have scrutinised and okayed it.
Dingyadi also announced a tax waiver of N18.6bn for junior police personnel.
