NATIONAL Orientation Agency (NOA), Anambra State Directorate, has presented a trophy to Nneoma Community Secondary School, Nibo, in Awka South Local Government Area of the state, for taking first position in the Fall in Love with Nigeria Competition, organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Office of the Secretary-General to the Federation in collaboration with the NOA, for 40 Integrity Clubs in the secondary schools in the state.
Presented also to the school, were a letter of commendation and recognition from the Director General of NOA, Dr Garba Abari, certificate of recognition as the state winner of the competition, register and a booklet for the Integrity Club, among others.
Making the presentations, the NOA State Director, Charles Nwoji, extolled the staff and students of the school, for exhibiting a high sense of hard work and dedication during the competition.
Nwoji expressed belief that the emergence of the school as the winner of the competition was a clear indication that the Integrity Club is very active in the school.
According to him, the Integrity Club was established by the federal government to rejuvenate spirit of morality in the lives of Nigerian students at all levels.
He explained that the Fall in Love with Nigeria Competition with the them, ‘My Role in Making the Nigeria of my Dream ‘, was held on February 4, 2022, as a pilot scheme which affords the students an opportunity to portray what they want Nigeria to be through drama presentation, oratory and poetry.
While urging the award-winning students of Nneoma Secondary School to embrace hard work as only sure way to achieving an enduring success, the NOA boss pledged that the agency would do all within its power to bring the school to the limelight.
Also, the Community Sensitisation and Mobilisation Officer of NOA in charge of Awka South LGA, Mrs Ifeoma Umeh, advised the members of the Integrity Club of the school to always put in practice what they learnt from the competition for a successful future.
Receiving the trophy and other items, the principal of the school, Dr Mrs Cordelia Okonkwo, described the competition as apt now that society is facing a serious deterioration in morality, and encouraged NOA to step up action towards making Nigerian society better for all.
She assured the readiness of the school to participate and maintain its first position in whatever competition that comes to the state and commended NOA for organising the brief ceremony with the aim of honouring the school for its excellent performance.
In their separate speeches, the coordinator of the Integrity Club in the school, Mrs Dorothy Akuanata Eziofor, the senior prefect of the school, Master John Odii, among others, thanked God for their performance in the competition, saying that they were elated when the news of their performance filtered in.