NOA to students, youths: be positive

National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged students and youths to  be positive  despite challenges of the nation.

Speaking at 7 for 7 National Values Charter Campus Debate and Capacity Building in Lagos, Director-General, Lanre Issa-Onilu, stressed importance of youths in fostering  change.

He urged youths to see themselves as key drivers of transformation in a country grappling with challenges.

“This initiative is not just another training; it is a movement, a call to action for us to embrace our roles as custodians of national values, champions of leadership, and agents of change,” he said.

A clinical psychologist at Lagos University Teaching Hospita, Dr Leonard Okonkwo, urged  youths to focus on creating solutions to problems and be hopeful of the future.

“Many emotional difficulties youths face are tied to perceptions of reality. If we change the way we interpret challenges, we can transform our emotions and behaviour,” he said.

Programme Coordinator, Tolu Meduna, Speaking on significance of Join-the-Value-Train to Campus initiative, said this is a platform for young people  and students to dialogue about the country.

At the end of the debate, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, won and got N5 million, while University of Ibadan, in second position, got N2 million.

The debate provided a platform to explore striking the balance between promises and citizens’ responsibilities.