A call has gone to Staff of the Ogun State Directorate, National Orientation Agency (NOA) to members of Staff to be change agents and influence positive narrative through their attitude and disposition to work and responsibilities.

They were also admonished to be a role model and good mirror to the society, now that another electioneering year is around the corner with the signing of the 2022 Electoral Law by President Muhammadu Buhari and subsequent release of Revised 2023 General Elections Time Table by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The remarks was made by the NOA Ogun State Director, Mr. Kolawole Obadina at the staff monthly General Meeting and Capacity Building Training, March edition, held at the Conference Hall, State Directorate Headquarters, Oke Mosan in Abeokuta on Tuesday.

The NOA Boss said staff of the agency in carrying out their mandate, are expected to be good example to all ensuring they improve on their capacity, work ethics and intensify their coverage in community mobilisation efforts on Government policies and programmes that will further influence lives of community dwellers positively through effective communication and reorientation using constructive and persuasive methods to change the narrative and apathy in the land.

Mr. Obadina charged COMOs and generality of staff to always interact with the stakeholders in their respective localities,to be self motivated and passionate about their jobs, reiterating ,nature itself apart from others rewards productivity.

The State Director challenged members of Staff to actively engaged the social media handles of the Agency both the National and State Directorate by sharing, liking, retweeting posts on activities of the agency on their personal or group platforms for wider publicity until it go viral.

He implored them to adorn the uniform of the Agency and adequately use necessary posters and flyers while carrying out their mobilisation and sensitisation programs to earn NOA credit.

The March edition of the Staff Monthly General Meeting and In-House Capacity Building exercise was rounded off with paper presentation on Voter Education with emphasis on Permanent Voters Card (PVC) by Mrs. Opeoluwa Aramide Adesina, member of staff in Ado-Odo/Ota LGA office of the agency.

In her presentation, she highlighted the Importance of the PVC and CVR; Eligibility of Voters; Rights and Responsibility of Voters; Registration of the citizenry on the CVR; Collection of PVC; The Voting Process; Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) device that replaces the Smart Card Reader and what should be NOA mobilisation efforts on the CVR and Collection of PVC.

In the interactive question and answer session, it was resolved that following the release of the Revised 2023 General Elections Time Table by the INEC:

(a.) NOA must once again produce well enlightened voters who knows their rights in the exercise of their franchise and their importance in making every vote counts .

(b.) The electorates must be thoroughly educated to know their vote is the only way for them to be heard. That their vote does matter, that one vote can make all the difference in contributing to the success of the general elections and election of credible leaders.

The Seminar was so rich that based on popular request the Director said there will be second session soon and that he may invite INEC staff to also give the staff further training to ensure NOA field officers are well prepared for the 2023 general elections.