NOA Seeks Collaboration with Federal University Lokoja on Youth Reorientation and Anti-Crime Campaigns

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has sought a strategic partnership with the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) to intensify youth reorientation, civic education, and anti-crime advocacy programmes targeted at students.

The State Director of NOA, Mrs Aileku Ayedime Alli, led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gbenga Solomon Ibileye, at the university’s Felele campus on Tuesday, 26 May 2026. She was accompanied by senior agency officials, including the Deputy Director, Ogbonnikan Mayowa Augustine; Assistant Chief Program Officer, Barnabas Abiodun; and the Public Relations Officer, Michael Adejo.

During the engagement, Mrs Alli congratulated the Vice-Chancellor on his emergence as the 4th substantive VC of the 15-year-old institution and commended his early achievements within his first 100 days in office. She explained that the NOA is actively expanding its youth-focused programmes, leveraging institutions of higher learning as key platforms for value reorientation, mentorship, and civic responsibility.

She noted that the agency’s interventions are designed to address rising social challenges among young people, including internet fraud, cyber-related crimes, peer pressure, and other behavioural risks often associated with weakened social support systems and off-campus student life.

According to her, universities remain critical stakeholders in shaping national values, making them ideal partners for sustained advocacy campaigns aimed at reducing social vices and strengthening ethical conduct among youths.

In his response, Professor Ibileye welcomed the proposal and described the collaboration as timely and necessary. He stressed that universities, by their nature, host large populations of young people at a formative stage of life, where exposure to negative influences can have lasting consequences.

He affirmed that the university is fully prepared to work with NOA in implementing programmes that promote discipline, moral responsibility, and productive civic engagement among students, particularly those living off-campus.

Professor Ibileye further noted that such partnerships are essential in addressing the growing complexity of youth behaviour in a digital age, where misinformation, financial pressure, and online vulnerability are increasingly shaping decision-making.

The meeting concluded with mutual commitment to deepen collaboration between both institutions in advancing youth development, national values, and responsible citizenship.