Traditionally, the elderly are considered to be those aged 65 and older, but the decadeslong perception of the age from which a person can be considered a senior citizen appears to be in question following a young politician s controversial proposal of scrapping free subway rides for the country s older adults.
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Minister for Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has reaffirmed Nigerian government's bilateral relationship with the Republic of Germany. The Minister disclosed this during a courtesy visit by the German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Ms. Svenja Schulze in Abuja on Tuesday. Bagudu said he was delighted
We need to face up to the fact that most policies for addressing low birth rates don’t work when they don’t take a gender equality perspective into account
One in five elementary schools across the country has less than 60 students, while one in 10 has less than 30 students, amid the continually falling birthrate, according to statistics released by the Korean Educational Development Institute, Monday.