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Written by ELFREDAH KEVIN One year after the president of Federal Republic of Nigeria, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, signed the National Senior Citizens Centre Act, 2018, some Senior citizens of Nigeria have started agitating for the implementation of the bill. The National Senior Citizens Centre Act, 2018, establishes a National Senior Citizens Centre to cater for the needs of senior citizens in the country over the age of sixty-five. The  group under the  aegis  of Association of Careservice Provider to the Older people in Nigeria gathered in Port Harcourt during her inaugural meeting, extensively mapped out key stakeholders in Rivers state to implement the bill. President during her opening speech . Expressing her  grievances, the National President  of the Association of Careservice Provider to the Older People in Nigeria, PHILOMINA ANYANWU  frowned at government non implementation of the bill.  Philomina said ''There is an a...

Written by  Elfredah Kevin Photo Credit: Africa Voices Today Network Everyday, more than 10 children found themselves on the streets, they make streets their home. Most of these children left homes due to maltreatment of caregivers, while some all in the bid to seek for daily bread due to lost of parents, no family member to carter for them. But, the question ask should be what is there means of survival, where will they take shelter, how will they change their clothes, how on earth will they be able to afford at least two square meal a day! These a re rhetorical question that has no answer, but these children have answers to them. On June 3, 2019, a young girl of 13years who lost her parents in a motor accident relocated from Ugheli flyover in Delta State, Nigeria where she begs alms to Rivers State in search of greener pasture, told the driver to drop her under flyover to continue begging, but the driver refuse and took her to police station, which she was later handed over t...