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President Muhammadu Buhari has 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, says.
She made this known at a one-day Southern Zone Stakeholders Consultation on the Development of NSCC Strategic Plan on Thursday in Lagos.
The NSCC Act 2018 was signed by the president to allow the establishment of the centre by institutions and the three tiers of government to cater for the needs of senior citizens.
Farouq, who was represented by the ministry’s acting Director, Social Services, Mr Mansur Kuliya, said that the grant was presently being processed for disbursement to the centre.
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She noted the grant would be used to identify the strategic priorities, processes and approaches that would provide impetus for the centre to achieve its mandate of integrating senior citizens.
