Issa-Onilu, in an exclusive interview, said the initiative that will rolled out after its launch by President Bola Tinubu, is a transformative policy designed to give Nigerians a shared sense of self, purpose, and civic responsibility.
He described it as one that will be a foundational legacy of the Tinubu administration, as the Charter addresses a critical gap in the country’s national development: the absence of a clearly defined Nigerian identity.
“You cannot have a society where you cannot define the shared identity of its people,” Issa-Onilu said. “We all identify as Nigerians, but beyond the name, what does it truly mean? What values, behaviours, and responsibilities come with that identity?”