National Association of Seadogs (NAS), also known as Pyrates Confraternity, has promised to continue its fight for justice and humanitarian services to the people, especially the vulnerable, as part of its foundational ethos.
NAS Cap’N Abiola Owoaje, at the unveiling of the group’s 70th anniversary logo and theme, said the group is also joining Nigerians to demand credible elections in 2023.
He noted that when the Pyrates Confraternity was formed in 1952, its fundamental ethos was not limited to fighting for the oppressed, speaking for the deprived and resolving myriad injustices, ‘but also to restore dignity, confidence, and an enduring sense of worth and justice to a large segment of Nigeria’s population in those heady days of colonial subjugation’.
According to Owoaje, the organisation prides itself in intellectual prowess, with programmes such as the Wole Soyinka Lecture Series, Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture, and Wole Soyinka Digital Town Hall, ‘to advance the much needed advocacy for good governance, economic development, transparency and accountability, justice, electoral reforms and democractic progress on behalf of Nigerians’.