…CRUCIAL TASK BEFORE THE BOLA AHMED TINUBU LED ADMINISTRATION – Cleric
By Emmanuel Awari-Jalingo
The Bishop of The Crown Of Life Bible Church House of David INC. Jalingo, Rt. Rev. Dr. Innocent Rubiruku Solomon has said that the promising zeal, courage, determination and patriotic spirit of the founding fathers such as Zik, Awolowo, Sardauna and the likes were abandoned by some of succeeding leaders who chose nepotism, ethnic -religious bigotry, sectional and parochial/primordial interest rather than national interest.
He stated while bearing his mind on the Independence of Nigeria, (Nigeria @64) in a statement issue to SUMMIT POST, in Jalingo.
“Nigeria’s story which would have been a remarkable success story in the comity of nations today if the spirit of these founding leaders were taken into consideration and became our culture for the succeeding generation of leaders in our quest to attain the dream of a strong, powerful, united and prosperous black nation in the world today.
“Nigeria lack nothing ranging from: The huge human capital, The enormous natural endowment, The huge fertile landmass, The bodies of waters with many dissecting rivers crisscrossing the country, Oil, mineral and inexhaustible deposits of wealth just to mention but few.
How did we get here?
He mentioned the elements which lead to Nigeria into various problems to include, Unpatriotic elements that got into national leadership and prominence without vision, passion and zeal for national development, Lack of strong and enshrined national ethos and values, Endemic and institutionalized corruption in high places of governance, Ethno -religious bigotry, Poor or lack of strategic and sustainable national integration policies and pursuits and Bad elections and electoral process.
Others are, Poor democratic practices in our body politics, Power mongering rather ideologically based approach, Institutional failures, System failures, Poor infrastructural development approach as seen in our road constructions and networks, Unchecked waste in our resources management as a nation, Greed and avarice in our national life and Terrorism, armed banditry, kidnapping and heinous and unchecked dastardly acts and crime pervading the nation.
“The way forward, Sacrifice especially from our national and political leaders. Sacrificial leadership will be key to our national transformation.
“Restoring our national ethos and values in the most practicable way possible,
“A thorough and unbiased fight against corruption, Restoring patriotism in our national life, Transformational policies and practice in all strata of society, Stop paying lip service to our elections and electoral reforms.
“Genuinely and practically demonstrate that we truly want free, fair, credible and transparent elections in Nigeria.
“Reduce by half cost and size of governance in Nigeria, Restructure our parliamentary system into a more cost saving and impact driven system.
“Re -strategize and reposition our economic policies with emphasis on youth, women and the vulnerable in the society and Reforms, Reforms and Reforms until we get it right – he said.
Happy Independence Nigeria. Long Live the Federal Republic of Nigeria – he concluded.