FG Promises 37,000 Jobs In Geriatric Social Care Industry.

Federal Government says 37,000 jobs will be created in the geriatric care industry, being set up by the National Senior Citizens Centre.

The Director General of the Centre, Dr. Emem Omokaro who disclosed this in Abuja, on the first anniversary of President Bola Tinubu said, in the past year of Tinubu-led administration, the National Senior Citizens Centre had been able to build a system of caregiving to older people as a skill in the fields of health and social care.

Omokaro said, for the first time in the history of Nigeria, a document has been developed by the National Senior Citizens Centre 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.

Omokaro also said, most Nigerians who left the shores of the country were working in the care industry abroad without prerequisite training at home, adding that, within the Nigeria skills framework, there is a demand that necessitated the setup of a geriatric social care sector.