The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, at a two-day consultative meeting with selected varsities on the delivery of post-graduate programmes in Gerontology and Geriatrics in Abuja said the Commission has approved 10 varsities for the pilot phase. The event, in collaboration with the Dave Omokaro Foundation, is aimed at capacity development for the training of ‘professionals and para-professionals to meet the challenges and embrace opportunities that come with the steady rise in absolute numbers of older persons.
