Let me tell you, my friend, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has just put his signature to a policy that would cause royalty to turn green. The good Interior Minister made the declaration at what they call a "Ministerial Retreat" in Abuja, sounding proud as a peacock.What's this all about, you ask? Why, it's about guaranteeing that select public servants will never stop collecting their entire compensation until the Lord calls them home. But note this carefully - this luxurious arrangement ain't for just any Tom, Dick, or Harry.
No sir! This extraordinary benefit is limited to those fortunate souls who retire at the exalted stations of the highest echelons of service in agencies under the government's domestic apparatus.
The official reason – and I present this with a straight face – is to prevent these distinguished individuals from facing financial hardship. Imagine that! As if a high-ranking official with decades of government service would be found wanting.
This curious policy comes alongside other improvements including clearing a pile of over 50,000 pending promotions and establishing what they're calling a "world-class Fire Academy" to compare with the one in Arizona. Development proceeds, or so they tell us.
In my study of bureaucracies come up with methods to compensate their ranks, but this lifetime salary arrangement takes the cake. Any thinking person would ask: Why not extend such generosity to every government worker? Or better yet, to the regular people whose taxes fund these benefits?
The disparity with other civil workers remains clear as crystal. Many a police retiree still bide their time for retirement funds that amount to a pittance.
As I conclude this account, I must circle back to our theme: Nigeria senior officer lifetime salary. This August 2025 decision speaks libraries about the values of those who administer. And that, my friend, is a truth worth contemplating long after you've set aside this writing.
