National Orientation Agency (NOA) Oyo State Directorate on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to the Commandant Oyo State Security Network (Amotekun) Headquarters at Moniya-Akinyele Local Government Area. The visit aimed to facilitate a strong partnership between the two agencies to enhance security in the state.
The visit also centered around the NOA activities on security consciousness across all the 33 local governments of Oyo State as Dr Olukemi Afolayan, the State Director of NOA, highlighted the agency’s activities and ways of utilizing a non-kinetic approach and mother tongue as a means of communication.
The NOA team also commended Amotekun’s efforts at the grassroots level and emphasized the need for a formal synergy and partnership for effective security awareness campaigns and enhanced safer communities.
In his own response, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (Rtd), State Commandant of Amotekun, appreciated NOA’s repositioning since the appointment of Mallam Lanre Issa -Onilu as the Director General and highlighted the effectiveness of community policing in curbing security challenges in the state.
The NOA State Director presented a copy of the National Identity Project, table national flags, face caps on security consciousness, and copies of the explainer to the Commandant.
