SENIOR CITIZENS BENEFIT FROM GRANT FOR VULNERABLE GROUPS
Oru Leonard
The National Senior Citizens Centre is commending the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq for the inclusion of Older Persons as beneficiaries of the One-Off cash grant to the poorest and most vulnerable persons in rural areas across the country.
A press release made available to News Dot Africa and signed by the Corporate Affairs, Media and Communications, Mr Omini Oden, stated that grants for the vulnerable group program under the National Social Investment Program is part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Social Inclusion and poverty reduction agenda in favour of Senior citizens, Internally displaced persons, returnees and persons with disability.Director General of NSCC Dr Emem Omokaro said the Centre is granted a facilitation of seventy Older Persons in each state of the federation to benefit from the twenty thousand naira, (N20,000.00) one-off cash grant.
As the disbursement of the one-off cash grant is being flagged off nationwide by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Emem Omokaro says this will boost the income and productive assets of the target beneficiaries which is the objective of the initiative.
NSCC Director General lauds the States Stakeholders Consultative Forum on Ageing for helping in mobilizing Older Persons to get enlisted and given priority in getting paid by the officials from the National Social Investment program of the Ministry at the various states.
The National Senior Citizens Centre has through the States Stakeholders Consultative Forum on Ageing laid concrete three tier structure which now enables the cascading of its strategy, programs, partnerships and engagements in the states and local government areas while also building consolidating synergies with relevant states Ministries, Departments and Agencies through high level advocacy and bilateral and multi-sector technical work engagements.
