Government to create portal for senior citizens to work after retirement

The federal government of Nigeria has said that it will create a portal to engage, re-engineer and reactivate the capacity of older people who wish to continue working after retirement.Information Guide Nigeria

The director-general of the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), Emem Omokaro said this on Wednesday at a collaborative meeting with relevant government agencies and stakeholders on service level in Abuja.

PEOPLES GAZETTE reports that Emem Omokaro said, “The aim of the collaboration is also to assist the centre to create an online portal that would engage older persons who are professionals in their different fields of endeavour to tap into their wealth of experiences,” Ms Emem stated.

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“This is a gathering of service-level collaborators on continuing engagement bureau projects, continuing engagement means that we are disrupting retirements.”

She further stated, “We are creating platforms and tools. We are creating spaces for older persons who wish to continue to engage and have the opportunities to do so. You know, older persons have a right to contribute in any area they so wish, and they also have a right to access the labour market after retirement, not necessarily that they are to be employed by the government.”NYSC Portal

Ms Emem explained. We have built our portal because we need all the data that we need to have, whether you retired from the federal civil service, state or local governments level. We are creating these platforms, and we are also identifying agencies that we need at this service level.”

The director-general noted that the programme “is really mobilising our older people because we want to show the wealth that Nigeria has, and our approach is we are positioning NSCC to create wealth.”JAMB Result

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