{"id":344833,"date":"2011-03-28T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/30000-ex-policemen-plan-boycott-of-april-polls\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T15:41:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:41:43","slug":"30000-ex-policemen-plan-boycott-of-april-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/30000-ex-policemen-plan-boycott-of-april-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"30,000 ex-policemen plan boycott of April polls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Calabar \u2013 Some 30,000 retired police officers will boycott April polls if their pensions are not paid, an official of their association has said.<\/p>\n

Chief Effiong Orok, the Chairman of the Cross River chapter of\u00a0 the Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (ARPON), hinted in Calabar on Monday.<\/p>\n

According to him,\u00a0 retired police officers are not being paid their\u00a0 their pensions as and when due.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe will boycott the April polls if our money is not paid. Let us be paid and we will go out happily for voting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m telling you is the mind set of my colleagues. It has a multiplier effect.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people have served the government and the government cares for them, but some persons sit on their money.<\/p>\n

\u201cA hungry man cannot stand in the queue\u00a0 on the day of\u00a0 elections except his pension is paid to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, the Police Pension Board (PPB), has paid them\u00a0\u00a0 part of their pension arrears.<\/p>\n

The chairman said that only 17, 392 retired police officers were paid while 11,000 others have yet to get their entitlements.<\/p>\n

In 2010, the Federal Government approved N24 billion for the payment of pensions to retired police officers nation-wide. (NAN)<\/p>\n

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