According to the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), it is collaborating with relevant agriculture agencies, the health sector, and traditional leaders to provide a safe working environment for elderly mothers.
Dr. Emem Omokaro, Director-General of the NSCC, stated this in Bwari on Monday during a town hall meeting on the implementation of its program titled “Grandmothers Arise for Good,” an Economic Tree-Crops Planting Project in Bwari, FCT.
Omokaro stated that the center was determined to assist senior citizens, particularly elderly mothers, in expanding their agricultural businesses and ensuring a decent standard of living.
“ We took time to develop a wide sector intervention for communities; we call them grandmothers arise for good. Principally, the focus is for all the women who we know are assets in their communities.
“ Most of them who are farmers and engaged in crafts have been doing their businesses individually, not really making a headway in terms of breaking even but at least, mitigating multidimensional competition.
“So, we call in the royal fathers to work with the community to end open defecation through the primary healthcare to institute a national health insurance and access to health,” she said.
The NSCC boss said that the essence of the partnership was to converse with the senior citizens in the community, support them and organise their farming to attract more fund for them.
“And we bring in all the agencies to fulfill our mandate which is to improve the quality of life ” she said.
Participants at the meeting include representative from the Federal Capital Territory Primary Healthcare Board, Water Aid, FCT Head of Agricultural Services and Sanitation; and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency.
