Avoid Repeat of 1967 Events in Nigeria, NOA Advises Youths

The   Director,  National  Orientation  Agency (NOA), Anambra State, Sir Joseph  Uchendu has advised Nigerian  Youths to avoid the repeat of the vents of 1967 in the country and toe the path of peace, justice, and unity as sine-qua-non for the overall development of the country.

The  NOA  Director, Sir  Uchendu, gave the advice when he led some members of his management to an advocacy visit on the Traditional  Ruler of Nnewi, Igwe  Dr. Kenneth  Orizu in his palace on Thursday.

Sir Uchendu, emphasized that allowing the country to degenerate into anarchy,  because of the events of the  February 25th  and  March  11th  general elections in the country would spell doom for everyone in the country as well as all economic activities.

He  said   his  visit was meant to  inform the  revered  Traditional  Ruler, Igwe  Oraizu of his  new  post  as  the  Anambra State  Director  of NOA and to seek his royal blessings.

According to him, the exercise was also to brief him on the ongoing program of the  Agency, nationwide, hinged on Peace  Building and Stabilization Advocacy to some selected  Traditional  Rulers in the three senatorial districts of the  State.

He enjoined the people to shun violence at all costs, warning that the Nigerian Government at all levels would not want the recent ongoing crises in Sudan to replicate themselves in Nigeria,” because we are peace-loving people. ”

Receiving the  NOA Director and his team in his palace, Igwe  Orizu, described the  Peace Building  Programme of the  Federal Government as very apt, especially now that the country is passing through a lot of challenges.

He assured that Nnewi Community, as the economic hob of the state,  would not be found wanting in promoting any Federal Government program geared towards hoisting a lasting peace in Anambra State and Nigeria at large

The 98-years-old  traditional rule called for the repeat of the advocacy visit by the NOA State Director and his team,  to enable them address the Presidents-General of the four quarters of Nnewi as well as Nzukora Nnewi, the highest policy-making organ of the town.

The traditional rule emphasized that the president’s general would take the messages to every quarter of the community.