By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa- Onilu has disclosed that the agency is set to launch, ” The Mobilizer ” App to showcase Government policies and entertain citizens contribution.
Issa- Onilu disclosed this when the National Association of Nigeria Students,NANS, led by the NANS Senate President, Ekundina Segun Elvis to paid him a solidarity visit in his office on Friday.
The NOA boss said that NANS would be fully involved in NOA’s national re-orientation moves as he disclosed that a new app known as “The Mobilizer” meant to showcase government policies, programmes and activities will be launched soon.
“The app would consist of quiz questions on activities of the government and also educate and inform the Nigerian youths on what the government is doing to motivate the youths and citizens to get engaged with the app as freebies will be given to winners”, he explained.
Meanwhile, the NANS Senate President Elvis said that the visit was to express their support to the NOA for driving value oriented initiatives to restore Nigeria’s core values.
While receiving the NANS’ team in his office, the DG said that the visit was timely at this moment of the nation’s building process.
Issac- Onilu said that the agency is partnering with NANS in its renewed efforts to reawaken the consciousness of the Nigerian youth to positive values and attitudinal change in accordance with the country’s national core values.
He stated that the government is making concerted efforts to rebuild the nation’s economic and patriotic fortunes.
According to NOA’s boss, the agency recognizes the importance and value of NANS, which he described as a body of the Nigerian youth with the capacity to serve as role models to others in the society.
Speaking on adoption of the second stanza of the National Anthem as our national prayer, Mallam Isa Onilu emphasized the need to pay cognizant attention to the last statement, “To build a nation, where peace and justice shall reign .”
He noted that partnership between NOA and NANS will serve as the platform to convey programmes, policies, and activities of the government to campuses in accordance with the NOA’s mandate, a move he said had already started with the campus “FOCUS” on campuses.
The Director General disclosed that many other initiatives for the promotion of national values and development by the current administration are underway, adding that the National Value Charter will be launched very soon.
