Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- As part of efforts to introduce Citizenship Studies into the Nigerian universities' curriculum, a joint committee of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Nigerian media was on Monday, inaugurated at agency's headquarters in Abuja on Monday.

The studies constitute a component of NOA's National Values Charter (NVC).

The committee, which comprised representatives of NUC, NOA and the media, was inaugurated by the Director-General of NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, with a charge to come up with a draft for subsequent consideration and incorporation into the curriculum.

Speaking on the initiative, Issa-Onilu described the Nigerian Identity Project (NIP), which consists of ...