NOA joins Kwara arts council to revive cultural heritage

The North Central Zone of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has collaborated with the Kwara Council on Arts and Culture to revive Nigeria’s cultural heritage.

The Zonal Director, Dr Priscilla Gondoaluor, during a working visit to the council on Monday in Ilorin, said the partnership was crucial to upholding the nation’s values.

“Culture is the foundation of values and the anchor on which all else, particularly in Africa, rests on.

“Africa is a continent that draws all from culture.

‘’Looking at the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, everything that has to do with the roles and obligations of citizens is drawn based on culture.

“However, young people have strayed dramatically, and this has affected every and all aspects of this nation.

“So, it is the reactivation of the values that we have cherished over time, upon which the constitution itself is drawn.

“So, we need this council to help us in the revitalisation of our values and cultures because the activities of this organisation speak for itself.

‘’It is self-campaigning and speaks to the conscience of the citizens,” she said.

Secretary of the Council, Mr Jamiu Aliu, said there was the need for cultural reorientation, saying, the nation’s cultural heritage was going into extinction.

“Kwara Arts Council is saddled with the primary mandate of preserving, reviving, and developing our cultural values.

“The NOA, as a strategic partner, is saddled with the primary responsibility of propagating government activities and programmes.

‘’It is also responsible for instilling discipline and harmonising unity among the different cultural groups that we have in Nigeria.

“So, we will be collaborating as a change agent of culture to educate the people.

‘’We will also sensitise them because we all know that our cultural heritage is going to extinction,” he said.