How Can You Pay ₦1.7 Million As Gratuity For Retired DSP – Sowore Laments Nigeria’s Treatment Of Workers

Popular activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the alleged payment of ₦1.7 million gratuity for retired Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs).

Naija News understands that a retired DSP, Esther Marcus, had in a viral video alleged that after serving in the Nigeria Police Force for 35 years, she was paid ₦1.7 million as gratuity.

Esther, who claimed that she retired in 2018, claimed that she received ₦1.7 million as gratuity and was subsequently placed on a ₦40,000 monthly pension.

Reacting to the video, Sowore lamented that “Nigeria does nothing but evil to its workers,” describing the report as a sad reality.

Speaking via his X account, Sowore argued that if a Nigerian senator is entitled to “₦29 million per month,” Nigerian workers should deserve better.

He wrote, “How on earth is anyone who worked for 35 years paid N1.7m ($1,100) as gratuity?

“This is a retired DSP of @policeng speaking about her pension and gratuity after retiring from the Nigerian Police Farce. This is so sad!

“It is the same country where a senator takes home N29 million per month, but the irony is that these @policeng officers will kill you in a heartbeat for fighting the system that oppresses us all!”