Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on disabilities matters, Bashiru Dauda, has decried the inadequate funding of the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC).
Dauda said the development was hindering the agency from carrying out its responsibilities.
He said this in Abuja on Thursday at an event organised to celebrate Nigeria’s older persons and the important role they play in the society.
The lawmaker said part of the responsibility of NSCC was to take care of the country’s senior citizens.
The event was organised by the NSCC and House of Representatives Committee on disabilities and in recognition of people who have helped in removing the barriers before older persons.
Also, the event was part of the activities put together to celebrate the 2024 older persons’ day, celebrated annually on Oct. 1.
The chairman said the older person’s Bill before the House had passed through the first reading, adding that it spells out all privileges, welfare and other things important to older persons.
“The bill spells out issues on discrimination of the older persons, security of their income, old age benefit and dementia issues which sometimes the aged pass through,” he said.
Similarly, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Health, Dr Salmat Ibrahim Anas, said many older persons face disability challenges.
Anas said Tinubu was not relenting on caring for people with disabilities, adding that the older people were it.
He urged the NSCC goodwill ambassadors unveiled at the venue after their inauguration on Oct. 2, to live up to their responsibilities.
