A na-eme ụbọchị mba ụwa nke ndị agadi na October 1 kwa afọ.
Na Disemba 14, 1990 Nzukọ Ezumezu nke Mba Ndị Dị n'Otu tozuru oke iguzobe October 1 dị ka Ụbọchị Ndị Okenye Mba Nile dịka e dekọrọ na Mkpebi 45/106.[1] E mere ezumike ahụ na nke mbụ ya n'October 1, 1991.[2]
A na-eme ememe ahụ site n'ịkwalite ihe ndị na-emetụta ndị agadi, dị ka ndị agadi na imegbu ndị okenye. Ọ bụkwa ụbọchị a ga-eji ekele onyinye ndị agadi na-enye n’obodo.
This holiday is similar to National Grandparents Day in the United States and Canada as well as Double Ninth Festival in China and Respect for the Aged Day in Japan. The observance is a focus of ageing organizations and the United Nations Programme on Ageing.
A na-eme emume nke Ụbọchị Mba Nile nke Ndị Okenye iji mee ka a mara na ọmịiko banyere ọdịmma nke ndị agadi. Ndị mmadụ na-emekarị emume ụbọchị ahụ site n'iso nne na nna ha ochie nọrọ, na-eleta ụlọ ndị agadi na N.G.O's ma na-esi nri ma ọ bụ na-eme achịcha maka ha. Ụfọdụ ụmụaka na-enye ndị agadi ha kaadị ekele n'ụbọchị a.
E nwere atụmatụ ime emume October 1 dị ka International Longevity Day iji dọta uche na ịka nká dị ka ihe ịma aka ahụike nke chọrọ, nke mbụ, ngwọta biomedicinal.[4][5][6][7][8][9]