The National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC) on Thursday officially opened its head office in Abuja to strengthen its operation and enhance mandate delivery.
Defence Spokesman, Major-General Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at the bi-weekly news conference on military operations on Thursday in Abuja.
The Catholic founded institution said it was shutting down activities following threat of attack by bandits.
The directive comes barely two days after unity schools in the Federal Capital Territory were abruptly shut down due to security threats.
Mr Allawa said another major challenge the commission faced was poor networks, which had slowed the process during capturing.
Lately, there has been an increase in attacks by bandits, Boko Haram terrorists and other criminals within the country’s capital of Abuja.
The IGP has ordered for additional deployment of assets to Strategic areas of the FCT.
Haruna Abdullahi, acting executive chairman of FCT-IRS, says about 90 per cent of the residents do not file tax returns.
The FCTA said the demolition was in continuation of its ongoing efforts to restore the Abuja master plan.
This comes barely 24 hours after the federal government directed the closure of all unity schools in Abuja over growing insecurity.
