By Chesa Chesa
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved the setting up of the National Citizens Value Brigade across primary and secondary schools in Nigeria to raise national role models with patriotic fervor to mirror the nationalism the country desires in citizens.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris announced this while briefing State House Correspondents on the outcome of the Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House, Abuja.
He said the Council okayed some changes in the Ministry’s policies to strengthen the national value system as it noted the gradual eroding of values, especially among younger Nigerians which run national traditions and norms.
“Council has noted that there is a need for strengthening and going back to the core value that Nigeria is known for overtime for which we know that there has been some form of decline”, he said.
In addition, the Council also approved the inclusion of a national value charter to be made mandatory in basic and post-basic school curricula, said Idris while disclosing that the standardization of national symbols was also approved by FEC.
He explained that this would be a crucial aspect of the topics to be taught in civic education as well as instituted and adopted among government appointees at the point of entry into the public service.
“Not just in our curriculum but also among the appointees of government, for example at every retreat at the inception of every administration, members of FEC will have training on what our national values not only that but also the standardisation of our national symbols”, Idris added.
