Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- A bill to amend the Reform Pension Act has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives.

The bill, sponsored by Francis Waive (APC, Delta), seeks to amend Section 5, Sub-section 1 Paragraph (a) of the principal Act by removing police from the Act.

It was debated and passed for second reading on Tuesday during plenary.

The principal act exempted the Armed Forces, the intelligence and secret services of the Federation from the Contributory Pension Scheme.

If passed, the NPF will be exempted from the contributory pension scheme.

In his lead debate, Mr Waive said the Act has created a great disparity between the NPF and other security agencies.

The lawmaker said that Chile, which Nigeria copied the CPS from...