President Buhari Appoints Dr Emem Omokaro DG Senior Citizens Center_Ada Nkong

President Buhari has appointed Dr Emem Omokaro, Director General, senior citizens center.

This was contained in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity.

According to the statement, the president also constituted a board to be headed by AVM M A Muhammad with Mansur Kuliya, Dr Chris Isokponwu, Mr Abdullahi Itono and Dr John Magbadelo as members.

“Other members include: Mrs Bulus Friya Kimde representing the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs; Mr Sani Ibrahim Mustapha representing the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD); Professor Usman Ahmed representing the Geriatric Association of Nigeria; Arc. Mrs Victoria Onu representing the Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons (CORSOPIN) and three other stakeholders namely Dr Dorothy Nwodo, Professor Mohammed Mustapha Namadi and Dr Emem Omokaro who also serves as the Director General”.

The National Senior Citizens Centre was passed into law as the National Senior Citizens Centre Act, 2017 to cater for the needs of senior citizens (70 and above) in the country.