By Omolara Adasofunjo
Ogun State House of Assembly has reiterated the need for promoting National values to serve as a catalyst for responsible citizenship and sustainable development.
The State lawmakers led by the Speaker, Mr Oludaisi Elemide, made the call during a seminar entitled “Roles of Legislature in Promoting National Core Values for National Development”, organised by the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Ogun State Directorate, in conjunction with the State House of Assembly.
Mr Elemide emphasized a return to national core values that reflect cultural upbringing, ethical responsibility and collective discipline.
On their part, a former Speaker, Mr. Olakunle Oluomo, and the Assembly Deputy Chief Whip, Mr. Babatunde Tella, called for the entrenchment of the nation’s core values right from the family, communities, sub-national, and national levels, maintaining that the nation should be committed to defending its sovereignty and protecting the people and national resources.
In his presentation, the resource person and former State Director of the National Orientation Agency, Mr. Sola Babalola, highlighted the urgency of a coordinated value reorientation campaign across the nation, emphasizing that four major social institutions should be refocused to reposition Nigeria’s value system.
Mr Babalola explained that the family, educational institutions, religious organisations, and the community must intensify efforts to strengthen national values and ethics, shaping societal behaviour.
In a remark, the State Director of NOA Mrs. Oyebisi Andu, said the essence of the programme was to explore how legislative institution could drive value re-orientation and take its cardinal role in a democracy.
Earlier, the Deputy Speaker, Mrs Bolanle Ajayi, urged her co-lawmakers to take advantage of the Seminar to further contribute their quota to promoting the nation’s core values to aid national development.
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