Counselling key to ending insecurity, drug abuse, unemployment — NOUN Don

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
A Professor of Guidance and Counselling at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Rosemary Ochanya Ogbodo-Adoga, has identified effective guidance and counselling as a critical tool for addressing insecurity, drug abuse, unemployment and other social challenges confronting Nigeria.
Delivering the University’s 40th Inaugural Lecture in Abuja, Ogbodo-Adoga said sustainable national development would remain elusive unless the country deliberately invests in professional guidance and counselling services capable of addressing the educational, psychological and social needs of its citizens.
Speaking on the theme, “Guidance and Counselling for All: A ...