“…For this reason, social assistance to the aged is being emphasised in this policy" (Federal Government of Nigeria, 2016). One is not sure if the implementation has started, but recent research with older adults by my students and myself from 2020 till date has not reported the existence of any government-driven functional social protection service for older adults in southeastern Nigeria Ekoh et al, 2023;Iwuagwu et al, 2023;Ene et al, 2022).…”