The director-general of the National Senior Citizens Centre, Emem Omokaro, has called on African nations to establish a legal framework to accelerate the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) implementation.
Ms Omokaro, who made the call on Wednesday at the ongoing 61st session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) in New York, said implementation of MIPAA hinged on effective policies backed by a strong legal framework.
Ms Omokaro, a panellist at the High-level panel discussion on the Fourth Review and Appraisal of the MPAA, an event held on the sidelines of CSoCD61, presented a statement on behalf of 54 African countries.
“For MIPAA to move forward, there has to be legal backing; Nigeria is an example, for a long time, 20 years, we didn’t know what MIPAA was, we never used MIPAA but with the National Senior Citizens Act and the setting up of a legal entity in-charge of ageing, there is no coordination,” she stated. “Now, there is multisectoral coordination, and…
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