By Jude Onyenedogha & Obinna Nkwocha
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has expressed delight that all the recommendations it made to the Federal Executive Council (FEC), seeking to entrench value orientation processes were approved by the FEC.
This expression was made by the agency’s Director General,
Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, during a press briefing on the ongoing nationwide progress of the Agency in Owerri, Imo State, recently.
He disclosed that many of the proposals deal with young age indoctrination, “providing the template for the evaluation of the real Nigerian character”.
Issa-Onilu who was represented by the Executive Director of Public Enlightenment and Mass Mobilization, Mrs Theresa Madueke, listed some of the recommendations to include; Restoration of the dignity and standardization of the national symbols, unveiling of the National Values Charter, Establishment of National Values Brigade and proposal for Citizenship Study to be made compulsory in all schools.
Others according to the NOA DG were; Proposal for an approval to nationalize cartoon contents in Nigeria, to break the dominance of foreign cartoons, proposal for the global implementation of the campaign for national reputation management, proposal for the change of name from the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) Brigade, to Citizens Value Brigade.
Further proposals of NOA, which got the approval of FEC, according to the DG included; Proposal for value orientation to be made compulsory component of the one year mandatory National Youth Service and constitution of implementation committee for the National Identity Project.
The NOA DG said the Act that established the agency made its mandate clear, which include; Communicating government policies, programmes and activities; mobilizing support for them and processing feedback to government.
“It also mandates us to promote democracy, as the best model of government and promote values that will ensure peace, orderliness and moral conduct”.
He said, over the years, especially in the last one year, the agency has pursued their mandates with extra vigor.
Earlier in her address, the Imo State Director of NOA, Mrs Stellamaris Damian-Igwe welcomed the DG to Owerri, Imo State capital, while soliciting the support of stakeholders, especially journalists, in promoting and publicizing activities of the Agency, both at National and Imo State levels.
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