BREAKING: Nigerian Police IG Egbetokun Orders All Officers To Transfer Pension Accounts To NPF Pensions By August 31

The Nigeria Police Force has ordered all serving police officers across the country to transfer their Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs) to NPF Pensions Limited on or before August 31, 2025, following a directive from the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.

The directive follows a formal request from the Managing Director/CEO of NPF Pensions Limited, Kolade Moradeyo, who appealed to the police hierarchy for intervention to facilitate a full consolidation of police pension accounts under the fund manager.

In his letter to the Inspector General of Police, received on July 3, 2025, Moradeyo urged the police chief to instruct officers who have not yet migrated their RSAs to do so within the next two months, citing an ongoing process to enhance pension benefits for police officers.

It reads, “We respectfully write as regards the above subject to seek the Intervention of the IGP by directing all Police Officers who are yet to transfer their RSAs to do so on or before 31st August 2025.

“Our request has become necessary in view of the common ground among the National pension Commission, the Police Management and NPF Pensions Limited that the Police are deserving of enhanced pension, which the Consultants engaged by NPF Pensions Limited are currently working on.

“There is therefore the compelling need to consolidate all Police personnel RSAs in NPF Pensions Limited so as to have a full and uniform database with which to work out the percentage enhancements according to their ranks and steps.”

Responding to the request, the Principal Staff Officer to the IGP, DCP Lateef Adio Ahmed, issued a circular dated July 7, 2025, on behalf of the Inspector-General.

The document was addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Finance and Administration and instructed that all police personnel yet to transfer their RSAs must comply immediately.

“I am to humbly convey the directive of the Inspector-General of Police that you look into the matter by advising all Police Officers who are yet to transfer their RSAs to NPF Pensions Limited to do so immediately,” the letter read.

To implement the directive, the Department of Finance and Administration at the Force Headquarters issued a follow-up circular dated July 10, 2025. Signed by AIG Godwin I. Eze on behalf of the Deputy Inspector-General, the circular was sent to all Deputy and Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, as well as police colleges, training schools, commandants, and commissioners of police in all 36 states and the FCT.

“The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Department of Finance and Administration request/directs that you ensure personnel yours migrate their NPF Pensions Limited not later than 31st August, 2025 as requested,” it stated.

The coordinated communications mark an intensified push to ensure that all police officers fall under a unified pension platform managed by NPF Pensions Limited.

It appears that the move aims to streamline pension processing and make it easier to implement improved benefits currently under consideration.

The NPF Pensions Limited was established specifically to manage the pensions of Nigeria Police personnel under the Contributory Pension Scheme, which is regulated by the National Pension Commission (PenCom).

However, some officers had previously registered with other Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs), complicating efforts to calculate and disburse uniform benefits across ranks.

If fully implemented, the consolidation is expected to pave the way for the Police Force to introduce a rank-based pension enhancement scheme tailored to officers’ years of service, grade level, and rank.

Meanwhile, the NPF Pensions Limited is working to clear 20 months of unpaid accrued rights using proceeds from a N758 billion bond, which is expected to improve pension disbursements significantly.