PRESS BRIEFING BY THE KATSINA STATE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL ORIENTATION AGENCY (NOA), MALAM MUNTARI LAWAL TSAGEM ORGANIZED TO COMMEMORATE THE DEMOCRACY DAY AT THE AGENCY’S STATE HEADQUARTERS, FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX, KATSINA, ON 12TH JUNE, 2025
Today is June 12, the Democracy Day, a National public holiday slated to commemorate the Democratic System of Government in Nigeria. It is also the day on which Nigerians repeat their calls for good governance, effective representation in government, human and infrastructural development among other needs.
NOA, while commending both the Federal and State governments for their untiring efforts in improving the living condition of the citizens through executing projects and initiating life supporting programs, is also appealing to people of Katsina state to double their trust in Nigerian state, love the country and support democracy as a system of government that gives every citizens opportunity to participate in the nation’s helm of affairs.
All citizens (leaders and followers) must demonstrate sense of honesty, patriotism, tolerance and hardworking. They must shun corruption, greediness, rumor mongering and bigotry.
People must appreciate the achievements so far recorded by our leaders as a way of encouraging them to do more. Communities should take the ownership of projects located in their areas by safeguarding them, instead of vandalizing them.
The Agency is also appealing to politicians to always put the nation and the masses at heart especially at this when the society is battling with economic and security challenges.
There is a need for more commitments towards restoring peace and general welfare of the people.
In a related development, the Katsina State Directorate of NOA is appealing to students of tertiary institutions in the state to participate in the on-going National Campus Quiz Debate.
NOA, in an effort to instill sense of patriotism, honesty and democratic culture in the minds of the younger generation, has reintroduced the National Campus Debate Initiative. The debate is specifically designed to foster National Integration, promote critical thinking and amplify youth voices in public discourse.
The Debate which runs from May to October this year and will follow a three-tier structure, state, zonal and national levels, concluding with a Grand Finale in Abuja.
The Katsina State Directorate therefore wishes to enjoin all tertiary institutions in the state to motivate their students to contribute intellectually to national development through well articulated debate on issues that will positively impact on the psyche of the younger generation, and make them fully aware as agents of change and leaders of tomorrow who will spearhead national development and cohesion among various entities in the country.
The Students Union Governments should also mobilize the outstanding ones among them to represent their institutions in this high-level national competition.
The union leaders should sensitize and ginger their members to partake in the competition as this will assist them to develop their creativity, boost their communication skills and ability to analyze complex topics from multiple perspectives.
NOA also appealed to parents to encourage their wards to participate in the debate. The National Campus Debate is part of government initiatives to boost the quality of tertiary education and to galvanize the students to put the love of the nation in their heart.
In Katsina State, the competition is timely as it comes at a time when the State Government is deploying means and strategies to restore and maintain the image of the state in the nation’s educational development.
The Agency then called the state government to support the campus debate initiative by ensuring students of the state tertiary institutions actively participate in the competition.
The tertiary institutions involved in the National Campus Debate are Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Umar Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), National Open University (NOUN) and Muhammadu Buhari University of Transportation Daura.
Others are Federal Polytechnic Daura, Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Federal College of Education, Katsina, Isa Kaita College of Education Dutsinma and Dr Bala Usman College of Education and Legal Study Daura.
Mustapha Labo
For: STATE DIRECTOR
