NOUN's 40th Inaugural Lecture

A Professor of Guidance and Counselling at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Rosemary Ochanya Ogbodo-Adoga, has said that Nigeria cannot achieve meaningful and sustainable national development without investing in effective guidance and counselling services capable of addressing the educational, social and psychological challenges confronting its citizens. Ogbodo-Adoga made the assertion while delivering the University’s 40th Inaugural Lecture, titled “Guidance and Counselling for All: A Pathway to National Development,” at the NOUN Conference Centre, Abuja. She described guidance and counselling as indispensable instruments for addressing critical societal challenges, including examination malpractice, cultism, drug abuse, unemployment, insecurity, indiscipline, peer pressure, emotional instability and the growing burden of mental health concerns, particularly among young people.