The Nationwide Orientation Company (NOA) has strongly condemned the actions of 1 Mrs. Favour Igiebor who tore her husband’s worldwide passport on the Murtala Mohammed Worldwide Airport in Lagos.
Director-Basic of the NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu, described the act as a severe violation of the legal guidelines of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Onilu, in an announcement issued to journalists on Monday in Abuja, emphasised that the company, as a part of its nationwide identification venture marketing campaign, significantly regarding nationwide symbols, will help the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in its investigation and attainable prosecution of Mrs. Igiebor below Part 10(B) of the Immigration Act, 2015.
He famous that this could function a deterrent to others who may take into account damaging such an vital nationwide image because the worldwide passport.
“The worldwide passport, issued by the Nigerian Immigration Service, is the property of the Federal Authorities. No particular person who has the privilege of possessing one ought to abuse or harm it below any circumstance. What this woman has accomplished is a grievous assault on our collective asset and a blemish on the image of our nationwide identification,” he stated.
Onilu additional appealed to residents to proceed exhibiting respect for nationwide symbols as an illustration of patriotic dedication to nationwide improvement.
He reiterated that the NOA, because the custodian of those symbols, will persist in selling their use and integrity.
He burdened that this incident underscores the necessity for elevated public enlightenment and consciousness campaigns in regards to the significance of nationwide symbols in Nigeria.
The NOA boss additional described the worldwide passport as one of many core nationwide symbols enshrined within the nation’s ordinances as a patriotic icon representing the nation’s identification among the many group of countries.
