How the Biden administration could give a boost to older workers Published: Dec. 28, 2020 at 4:58 a.m. ET By Nearly half of Americans can’t afford to retire here are some ideas for keeping them employed The odds of being employed in a decent paying job with good benefits in your 60s are slim. istock Email icon
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The barriers to employment among older workers remain formidable, especially due to the pandemic. But the new Biden administration has an opportunity to help.
Consider this: Even in pre-pandemic 2019, when nearly 25% of the workforce was 55 and older, roughly 2.5 million people in that age group would have liked to be working but weren’t largely due to ageism and age discrimination.
The budget was passed after the two chambers considered and adopted the report of their Committees on Appropriations.
Experts in financial affairs said there was positive prospects in the projections but called on the federal government to be meticulous in utilising resources by executing viable projects that would improve the life of the citizenry.
They called on the government to closely monitor revenue generation agencies by blocking leakages, and also called on members of the National Assembly to carry out oversight functions for the right thing to be done without intimidation.
‘Why we increased budget’
Explaining the increase, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano), said there was the late receipt of a spending request for the upscaling of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) from the executive amounting to N365 billion.
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More commendations trail reopening of Nigeria’s land borders
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More commendations continued to trail the Federal Government’s directive for the immediate reopening of four land borders that were shut about 15 months ago.
Those opened are the Seme in the South-west, Mfun in the South-south, Ilela and Maigatari borders in the North-west.
The government also promised to reopen others before Dec. 31.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the development on Friday in Lagos, Chief Executive Officer of ARVO Finance, Ayotunde Bally, described the government’s decision as a welcome development.
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