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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here          Daily Independent Online.         * Monday, August 09, 2004. Police pay N.2bn on insurance scheme By Maxwell Oditta Senior Correspondent, Lagos   The Nigeria Police have paid an aggregate sum of N127 million to families and officially designated next of kin of 237 policemen who died or sustained permanent injuries in the line of duty between April and August. The Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun, who made this known in a weekend interview with Daily Independent explained that the N127 million brought to the sum of N253 million the amount committed to Group Personal Accident (GPA) Insurance, since last year’s effective commencement of the scheme. Balogun gave a breakdown of the payment carried out under the scheme in the last four months, indicating two phases. The first phase of payment, which began in April and elapsed till the last week of June, witnessed the payment of N60, 800, 000 to families and next of kin of 122 policemen, who died or sustained permanent injuries in the course of legitimate duty.   The police boss also revealed that the second phase of payment commenced last week Wednesday with the payment of N67 million to another set of 115 families, adding, “So far, about 394 policemen have enjoyed these insurance benefits totalling N253million. The benefits ranged from N4 million to N500, 000 depending on the rank of the demised officer”, he said.   Balogun shed more light on the 2.5 per cent of basic salary deductions, explaining that it was an accumulated six-month arrears of the Contributory Pension Scheme, as guided by the Pension Reform Act of 2004. He added that President Olusegun Obasanjo approved the 2.5 per cent deduction, when the police high command appealed in favour of a more convenient way of clearing the arrears.  His words: “Under the scheme, every police officer and every employee in the public service, except those who have less than three years in service, is to contribute 7.5 per cent of his basic salary, housing allowance and transport allowance on a monthly basis to the fund, while government contributes another 7.5 per cent on behalf of the police officer on the same base. “ The monthly deductions were to have started from January this year, but were, however, over-sighted. In July, when this was noticed, attempt was made to deduct the arrears enbloc. This would have left an average policeman with next to nothing as July salary.”       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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