Omokaro said in the past year of Tinubu-led administration, the NSCC had been able to build a system of caregiving to older people as a skill in the fields of health and social care.
“That means, Geriatric Social Care now, is a sector skill which means that carers of older people must be trained and certified,” she said. Omokaro said for the first time in the history of Nigeria, a document has been developed by the NSCC to bring sanity into the field of geriatric social care. According to her, when the scheme is fully rolled out, no fewer than 1000 geriatric caregivers would be trained and engaged in each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
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