NOA Gives Directive On New National Anthem

The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has issued a directive to all Community Orientation and Mobilization Officers in the 774 Local Governments to commit the newly signed National Anthem to memory by Monday, June 3, 2024.

This directive, given by the Director General Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu is part of the Agency’s efforts to ensure a seamless transition to the new National Anthem which is part of the national identity project being pursued to promote national cohesion, unity and a sense of patriotism.

The Community Orientation and Mobilisation Officers are the Agency’s lead Officers in the local governments whose roles are primarily to enlighten citizens at the grassroots level of government policies, programmes and activities.

The NOA is also working closely with the National Union of Teachers (NUT) to ensure that schools across the country are mobilised to start using the current National Anthem.

The NOA DG in the circular urged all Community Officers to take this directive seriously and to make every effort to learn the new National Anthem by the specified deadline as they are the grassroots marshals for implementation of this new policy of government.

NOA as the custodian of the nation’s symbols has the mandate to promote and preserve the integrity of all national icons, including the national anthem.

PR Florence Adewale