Osun starts enumeration of aged

Osun State Government has commenced enumeration of aged people in the state with a view to knowing the areas of their needs for possible assistance.
Speaking in Osogbo yesterday, Chairman of the state committee on elderly persons population survey, Comrade Biyi Odunlade said the exercise which will last seven days would gulp about N11 million.
Comrade Odunlade who is also Special Adviser to the Governor on Youths, Sports and Special Needs said about 675 personnel made up of 500 enumerators, 100 monitors and 75 supervisors would participate in the exercise.
He said: The enumerators are mainly drawn from the members of the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme, OYES. The corps members  are expected to carry out the exercise in their various localities in all the thirty local government areas of the state including Ife East Area Office.”
The ageing population is currently a serious social economic challenge for many countries. Neither Nigeria nor the State of Osun is an exemption. Knowing that an elder requires care is one thing, figuring out what sort of care arrangements can be made to address those clear needs is another thing completely”