Abstract
In Nigeria, government attitude towards elderly care has been quite indifferent since independence. This is informed by the notion that, the population aging in Nigeria is minimal in terms of the total composition; and that traditionally, the children would always take care of their aged parents. However the family and community base informal social supports, upon which this notion is partly based, have waned in recent years under the yoke of excruciating socioeconomic conditions. More so, recent survey reports and demographic projections point to an unprepared reality, of the increasing nature of both the absolute and proportional numbers of the elderly population in Nigeria. This article therefore discusses the challenges of the elderly Nigerians, under such conditions, and the need for a change in government policy attitude to aging issues in Nigeria. It suggests that government should be proactive in addressing the potential upsurge in population aging now, through the borrowing of ideas which are relevant to our peculiar circumstances; and the blending of the formal and informal mechanisms for assisting the senior citizens in the attainment of graceful aging.
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