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By Iheanyi Chukwudi
National Orientation Agency (NOA) has commenced a three-month state-wide sensitisation and public enlightenment campaign on Nigeria's National Anthem and National Values Charter in Enugu State.
The commencement of the implementation of National Values Charter in the state, according to the State Director of the agency, Mrs. Clara Nwachukwu, was meant to foster moral, ethical and cultural reawakening among Nigerians in Enugu State.
Nwachukwu, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Enugu on Tuesday, disclosed that the National Values Charter, one of the flagship initiatives of Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, is being implemented through the NOA.
The State Director who read the NOA Director General's address, stressed that the charter was designed to instill the right values, attitudes, and perspectives in the hearts and minds of all Nigerians.
She said, "The aim of the programme is to reorientate and redirect Nigerians , regardless of class, ethnicity, or religion towards the values and principles that have long been associated with our culture and have been the foundation of our institutions and society.
The introduction of of the new National Anthem and the National Values Charter ushers is an important milestone for national pride and identity. This action reflects the changing ideals and aspirations of the nation.
Values may be defined as accepted principles or standard of behaviour that are used to characterise individuals and societies."
She gave the two categories of the National Values Charter as: the Nigerian promise (the promise made by the Nigerian state through its elected representatives) and the citizens code (obligations of the citizenry to nation-building).
"This social contract between the Nigerian state and its people is the pivot upon which countries are built and sustained," she said describing the new National Anthem as a potent call for harmony, equity, and prosperity among Nigerians.
Nwachukwu therefore, called on Nigerians in Enugu State to hold to the nation's core values of love, patriotism, resilience, courage, dignity of labour, respect for the sanctity of life, belief in the family as a basic unit of society, justice, fairness, care for the environment, among others, advising that these values, must not be sacrificed on the altar of unregulated adoption of foreign values.
She said, "The nationwide sensitisation is more than just a campaign. It is a movement. It is a movement that calls upon each of us as Nigerians to imbibe the shared values and spirit reflecting in both our national anthem and national values charter.
As we move forward, let us remember that it is only through unity, respect and commitment to these values that we can achieve the Nigeria of our dreams."
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