NSCC PARTNERS NAPTIP: Mainstreams Older Persons and Secures Rapid Response Toll Free Lines…….
Oru Leonard
“Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 has enabled NAPTIP to expand its mandate to eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence against persons and provided maximum protection and effective remedies for victims and punishment of offenders.”
Director General of the National Senior Citizens Centre, Dr Emem Omokaro stated this during a courtesy visit to the Director General of NAPTIP, Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi at NAPTIP headquarters, Abuja.
On account of this after deliberation the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), will now partner to prevent, respond, rescue and remedy Older Persons in cases of Abuse.
This will be achieved through utilization of NAPTIP’s existing statewide structures and the Mainstreaming of NSCC’s Community Response Mechanism in ensuring that the abuse of Older Persons is quickly reported and dealt with expeditiously.
In response The Dr Waziri said before now NAPTIP was not intentional about matters of Older Persons.
“With the partnership brokered with NSCC/NAPTIP will henceforth place matters of Older Persons and Ageing in the front burner”, she emphasised.
It will be achieved through NSCC’s deployment of NAPTIP’S dedicated toll free lines to report cases of violence (07030000203, 0800-CALLNAPTIP) and for MTN 627 and *627#.
Other avenues include, Rapid Response Squad and NAPTIP Taskforce available in twenty-nine states of the Federation.
NSCC-NAPTIP will sensitize communities on elder abuse and report same among other steps to be taken
(NSCC Media)
