Senior citizens centre tasks states to implement safety net for older persons
The National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC) has urged state governments to domesticate various social safety nets to improve the well-being of older persons in the country.
Emem Omokaro, the director-general of the centre, stated this in a statement by Omini Oden, head of corporate affairs and communications of NSCC, on Sunday in Abuja.
She urged the state governors to formulate policies on ageing geared towards a sustainable social inclusion of older persons in their respective states.
”The state governments must show commitment to the older population by domesticating the National Senior Citizens Centre Act 2017.
”By establishing an entity to coordinate older persons’ inclusion, especially social care for the vulnerable and aged, as well as social safety net for their livelihood development support for more income generation.
”We also appeal to states to make it a priority to timely payment of pensions to retirees,” Ms Omokaro said in the statement.
According to her, the centre has integrated its existing partnership with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) into government assistance in capacity enhancement.
”Now NSCC and its partners began aggregatIng and engaging older persons of productive ages into multi-purpose cooperatives to support their capacity enhancement and financial support.”
(NAN)
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