The National Senior Citizens Centre, (NSCC) and the Pensions Transitional Arrangements Directorate (PTAD) have reiterated commitment to establishing Joint Working
By Fortune Abang
The National Senior Citizens Centre, (NSCC) and the Pensions Transitional Arrangements Directorate (PTAD) have reiterated commitment to establishing Joint Working Group to bolster the well-being of older persons.
Omini Oden, Head, Corporate Affairs, Media and Communications, NSCC, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Oden said that that the two organisations concluded on the synergy during a working visit by the Executive-Secretary, PTAD, Tolulope Odunaiya to the Director-General, NSCC, Omobolanle Akinyemi-Obe at the Centre in Abuja
He said that the visit was centered on building an enduring partnership, for greater impact, dignity and inclusion of older persons and pensioners in Nigeria,
According to him, the joint working group will provide the guide for strategic partnership between the two agencies.
”The structured collaboration between NSCC and PTAD will focus on data sharing and interventions, joint outreaches and stakeholder engagement, innovation for healthy and productive ageing and on pensioners welfare and advocacy.
”Others are medical outreaches and distribution of assistive devices, nutritional campaigns, as well as profiling of senior citizens across the country.”
He quoted the NSCC D-G, Akinyemi-Obe to have commended Odunaiya for her unwavering commitment toward ensuring the welfare and development of senior citizens in nigeria.
Akinyemi-Obe also commended her visit to the centre, which according to her, attested to the shared vision by NSCC and PTAD, to ensure the well-being of older persons in the country.
She noted that the mandate of NSCC aligned with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, stating that under her watch as the centre’s director-general, senior citizens would not only be protected, but empowered to contribute meaningfully to national development.
On her part, PTAD executive-secretary Odunaiya said the directorate sought to ensure that one pensioner equals one pension and to pay the correct pension to the correct pensioner at the correct time.
She explained that reforms in the pension industry by the Federal Government were aimed at making eligible pensioners derive benefits from the Defined Benefit Scheme system in line with relevant laws.
According to her, this means that PTAD and NSCC are united by common mandate and vision to protect, empower and uphold dignity of senior citizens.
She commended the NSCC for providing innovative interventions and championing policy reforms for them, identifying such interventions as the continuing engagement bureau initiative that reintegrates senior citizens and by extension retirees, into productive national life.
She also said that PTAD similarly focused on restoring confidence in the pension system through biometric verification and digital transformation of pension records. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)