The Founding Executive Director of the Value Rebirth and Empowerment Initiative, Pastor (Amb.) Edewor Egedegbe, has called on governments at all levels in Nigeria to take urgent and deliberate steps to address the country’s deepening security and moral crises.
Egedegbe made the appeal on Tuesday, in Asaba while unveiling the Security Education Advocates (SEA) initiative during a high-level stakeholders’ engagement on the Delta State Action Plan for the Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls.
The event, hosted at Unity Hall, Government House, was organized by the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community and Social Development.
“A bad situation we do nothing about now will degenerate, Let’s stop agonizing and start organizing as part of our civic responsibility as citizens” Egedegbe warned.
According to him, SEA emerged from a patriotic vision shared by three professionals determined to reshape Nigeria’s moral fabric. The founding team includes Ambassador (Dr.) Mrs. Onyi Ikemefuna, Administrative Director of the Sharmar Educational Foundation with ECOSOC status at the UN, and CSP Omosetemi Agbede-Zuokumor, Divisional Police Officer of Ugborikoko Division in Effurun.
The SEA initiative was first piloted on January 13, 2025, at Delta Careers College in Warri. Since then, it has expanded to over 60 public and private schools across Warri South and Uvwie LGAs. Its curriculum covers Leadership Development, Etiquette and Proper Conduct, Security Fundamentals, Citizens’ Rights and Responsibilities, Community Policing, and Environmental Awareness.
Egedegbe noted that SEA sessions have sparked enthusiasm and engagement among students, pupils, and local leaders. “Their eagerness to shun drug abuse, sexual exploitation, and criminality gives us reason to believe that a better Nigeria is within reach,” he said.
To broaden its reach and deepen its impact, SEA has opened strategic partnerships with the Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria Police Force, Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Ministry of Women Affairs, Delta State Police Command, Uvwie Local Government, and the Chief Inspector of Education.
He concluded by saying, “Truly, Nigeria will be great when we collectively drive the narratives that engender positive change as a people and a nation.” He urged stakeholders to support SEA as a credible path to building a secure and morally upright society.
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