The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, on Friday told the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to embark on a campaign against terror and corruption in the country.

Muhammed gave the directive when he met with the director-general and state directors of NOA agency in Abuja.

The minister said the campaign would provide the missing link in the war against terror and the war on corruption.

“At the moment, only the military component of the war on terror is going on very well.

“The civilian component is missing. That component involves sensitising Nigerians to realise that the Boko Haram war is their war and that it is not just for the military.

“It involves making our people to realise that Boko Haram is not about religion,’’ Muhammed said.

The minister urged NOA to show uncommon resourcefulness and create catchy slogans and to write imaginative scripts and copies that would motivate and energise Nigerians.

“I am sure most of you here remember one of the slogans during the civil war: `To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done!’

“This is the kind of catchy slogans we are talking about.

“The same applies to the war against corruption. To Nigerians, this war is being fought only by the President, the Vice President and perhaps the ministers.

“It is time to let Nigerians know that it is their war and that it must be won.

“As President Muhammed Buhari said, if Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.

“The reality is that grim.”

Muhammed said Nigerians must take possession of the war against terror.

(NAN)