Nigeria: TUC Rues Military Exit From Contributory Pension

24 January 2013

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has said the rank and file in the nation's armed forces will suffer in the long run from the exit of the military from the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS.

President of TUC, Comrade Peter Esele, while blaming the military hierarchy for the exit, argued that though senior officers may not find it difficult to get their pension and gratuities at retirement, the junior officials may not be so lucky.

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