Oyogist has learned that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime says it will soon declare a special day for old people in Nigeria.
According to Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, the regime declare a special national day for senior citizens.
Farouq while hosting the National Senior Citizens Centre led by its director-general Emem Omokaro, said:
“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,”
“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 Omokaro appealed for declaration of a national day of older persons in Nigeria within August and early September 2021.
