[FILES] Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Diseaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq. Photo: TWITTER/SADIYAFAROUQ
The Federal Government has approved the National Policy on Ageing for Older Persons in Nigeria, says an official of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
Mrs Nneka Anibeze, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
She stated that the objective of the policy is to have a society where senior citizens are guaranteed security, independence, participation, comprehensive care, self-fulfilment and dignity.
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On COVID-19 stimulus package for Nigerians
Just before the coronavirus-induced lockdown, the president summoned the vice president, ministers and heads to fashion out the federal government’s response to the fallout of the pandemic.
So, the vice president and members of the sustainability committee met and submitted a report which had the N2.3 trillion stimulus package the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP).
The president had an inkling of what was going to happen to the economy due to the pandemic and the lockdown.
The survival fund and the payroll support program are now in progress. The payroll support program is a part of the survival fund scheme.
N-Power beneficiaries who have concluded the two-year job programme will now be able to access permanent job opportunities or business prospects in line with the N-power exit strategy, the Nigerian presidency has announced. Under the plan, 200,000 beneficiaries will be engaged as financial services operators under a Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility (SANEF) scheme operated by the Central Bank of Nigeria; over 30,000 have already been engaged as geospatial experts and enumerators in the Economic Sustainability Plan’s Mass Agric programme, while several others will have the option of benefiting from the GEEP micro-enterprise loans, a statement details.
A platform known as N-exit portal has been opened to collate and process beneficiaries’ information in line with government’s exit strategy.
April 5, 2021 4:50 am
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