President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved N2.5 billion as a take-off grant for the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC).
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this in Lagos at a one-day Southern Zone Stakeholders Consultation on the Development of NSCC Strategic Plan.
Buhari had on January 26 signed the NSCC Act 2018 to allow the establishment of the centre to cater for the needs of senior citizens.
Represented by the ministry’s acting Director, Social Services, Mansur Kuliya, the minister said the grant was presently being processed for disbursement to the centre, adding that it would be used to identify the strategic priorities, processes and approaches that would provide the impetus for the centre to achieve its mandate of integrating senior citizens.
Director-General of NSCC, Dr Emem Omokaro, said the centre was in consultation with relevant stakeholders to inform them about the National Senior Citizens Act and its mandate.
Omokaro said the Act aligned with the National Policy on Ageing and the SDGs Agenda 2030, which she said was the guiding document for the operations of the National Senior Citizens Centre and the parameters of the stakeholders’ deliberation.
