Commissioning of KWASU Senior Citizens Centre KSCC
The KWASU Senior Citizens Centre, dedicated to the care and healthy ageing of senior citizens, was commissioned by the Vice-Chancellor today, Friday, March 7, 2025.
The KWASU Senior Citizens Centre (KSCC) is a unique facility that provides proactive health care services to older persons with the goal of improving their quality of life.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, in his address, stated that the Centre will not only provide service to the older members of the community but also train world-class professionals in caregiving.
Professor Jimoh who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Professor Moshood Mahmood Jimba, noted that the training facilities at the Centre will ensure that the much need human resource in the field of geriatric care is given adequate and professional training while ensuring that senior citizens have access to physical therapies that will stimulate and improve their quality of life.
The Chairman of the Board of the Centre, Professor Emmanuel Ajani, thanked the management of the university for giving the needed support to kickstart activities at the centre.
He said just three months into the Centre, activities are already in top gear. This, he said, is a clear indication that the KSCC will be a massive success.
The director of the KWASU Senior Citizens Centre, Dr. Nimat Idris, in her opening remarks, noted that counselling and therapies such as lifestyle modification will be used primarily in the care of senior citizens.
She emphasised that the KSCC currently runs a basic certificate in caregiving with over 250 students certified by the centre.
Dr. Idris added that plans are in place to commence a professional diploma in caregiving where holders of the diploma would be inducted as Fellows of Community of Caregivers (FCOC).