National Orientation Agency has restated its commitment to ensuring that the words of the National Anthem and the National Values Charter were not only recited but lived out by the citizenry.
Director-General of the Agency, Mallam Issa Onilu stated this in Awka during a nationwide sensitization programme on National Values Charter and New National Anthem.
Mallam Onilu, represented by Deputy Director Procurement, Florence Nwolisa urged Nigerians to sing the anthem with pride and conviction as part of collective movement for national progress.
According to the Director-General, the Federal Executive Council has mandated that the first stanza of the anthem be rendered at all official functions, while the three stanzas should be for special occasion such as Independence Day, Democracy Day, Inauguration of the National Assembly Children’s Day, Armed Forces Remembrance Day and Workers Day.
Similarly, the third stanza has been adopted as the new National Prayer to further inspire unity and greater patriotism among Nigerians.
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