The Nationwide Orientation Company (NOA) has reiterated its dedication to worth reorientation, civic training, and nationwide id constructing, calling for stronger collaboration with the Nigeria Affiliation of Ladies Journalists (NAWOJ) forward of the subsequent normal elections.
The Director-Normal of NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, made the decision throughout a courtesy go to by NAWOJ, describing the engagement as well timed and strategic to nationwide improvement and democratic consolidation.
He stated efficient nation-building requires sustained partnerships between establishments answerable for public communication and citizen engagement, noting that NOA—established from the previous MAMSER framework—maintains a sturdy grassroots construction with over 800 workplaces nationwide.
Issa-Onilu highlighted the Company’s distinctive mandate to handle data and civic orientation, whereas commending girls journalists for his or her patriotism and contributions to nationwide improvement via moral journalism and voluntary service.
A press release by Director Communication and Media Bala Musa, famous that the DG emphasised the urgency of strengthening voter and civic training amongst younger Nigerians, noting {that a} vital proportion of the inhabitants is below the age of 35.
In keeping with him, rising digital influences and overseas media content material are reshaping values generally for the more severe, making structured civic engagement for nationwide good extra essential than ever.
The NOA Director-Normal disclosed that the Company has developed the Nigerian Identification Venture below the Nationwide Values Constitution, anchored on a “seven-for-seven” precept outlining mutual tasks between authorities and residents.
He added that the Federal Government Council has permitted key parts, together with the reintroduction of Citizenship Research into college curricula throughout all ranges in a bid to uphold and promote nationwide values.
He additionally famous ongoing plans to encourage elevated native production of youngsters’s content material, with a goal of guaranteeing that at the least 70 per cent of cartoons consumed by Nigerian kids replicate indigenous tradition and values.
Issa-Onilu burdened the necessity for strategic deployment of communication assets to enhance public notion and strengthen nationwide cohesion, whereas calling for a shift from quota-based approaches to addressing structural and cultural boundaries limiting girls’s participation in management.
In her remarks, NAWOJ Nationwide President, Aishatu Ibrahim, stated the go to was geared toward strengthening collaboration in civic and voter training, moral journalism, and the combat in opposition to misinformation forward of the upcoming elections.
She proposed a joint NOA–NAWOJ initiative involving nationwide coaching workshops, group outreach programmes concentrating on girls and youth, improvement of civic training supplies in native languages, and coordinated media campaigns to advertise inclusive and knowledgeable participation.
Additionally talking, a member of NAWOJ Board of Trustees, Zubair Jide Atta, underscored the significance of nationwide values and civic orientation, reflecting on the evolution of Nigeria’s Nationwide Anthem and advocating stronger integration of media and knowledge literacy into academic programs.
The engagement reaffirmed a shared dedication between NOA and NAWOJ to deepen collaboration in selling civic duty, nationwide values, and inclusive governance, significantly as Nigeria prepares for upcoming elections.