Retirees can be ‘Productive, Not Liabilities’ says Cyprian Mayamba
By Ashton Kelly Bunda
National Productivity Development Department Director Cyprian Mayamba says those in the ageing category must not be relegated to liabilities in the community but, persons with potential, skill and experience to enhance productivity in the economy of the nation.
On her part,
United Nations (UN) Representative
Jessica Petitprez said the youth and middle aged people will someday “Get
over the 60-year hill” bracket towards retirement and hence must learn to be
inclusive as regardless of one’s age, ageing is inevitable.
Speaking
during Stakeholder Dissemination on the Research Findings of Ageing, on Friday,
15th March, 2024 at the Taj Pamodzi Hotel, Lusaka, Mr. Mayamba implored
policy mapping to enhance ageing productive capacity.
“Being
retired does not renders us to liabilities in society, but we have potential to
be productive and contribute to the growth of national economy, leadership in
history and culture preservation,”Mayamba stressed.
Mayamba
cited the Support to Older Persons in Zambia (STOP) Zambia, which is led by
young people advocating the plight of the ageing citizens and community.
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