FG TO DECLARE OLD PEOPLE'S DAY

President Muhammadu Buhari's says it will soon declare a special day for old people in Nigeria.

Specifically, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, assured that the regime would soon declare a special national day for senior citizens.

I want to commend Omokaro for the pace at which she is settling down to work, hoping that, with the assemblage of the management team at her disposal, I am confident that the overall objectives of the NSCC will be realised soon," said Ms Farouq while hosting the National Senior Citizens Centre led by its director-general Emem Omokaro. "I also want to assure the NSCC of my resolve to follow on with the request made by Omokaro through the relevant ministries, departments, and agencies."

Ms Omotaro appealed for the declaration of a national day of older persons in Nigeria within August and early September 2021 to herald the first-ever National Senior Citizens Day celebration in October 2021.