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An elder statesman and Ijaw chief, Dr. Joseph Ambakederemo, has referred to as on Nigerians to embrace integrity, accountability and accountable citizenship, saying the nation’s improvement will depend on the values guiding its leaders and residents.
Ambakederemo made the decision on the weekend through the launch of Egedegbe’s e book: ‘Value Rebirth: The Pathway to an Egalitarian Society’, held alongside the writer’s sixtieth birthday celebration.
He mentioned the event supplied a chance to mirror on the challenges confronting Nigeria and the necessity to translate the nation’s considerable human and pure assets into sustainable improvement.
According to him, the e book challenges Nigerians to study how their values affect the administration and distribution of nationwide assets, arguing that financial potential alone can’t assure prosperity with out moral management, accountable citizenship and powerful establishments.
“Value Rebirth is more than a book. It is a call to national awakening and transformation,” Ambakederemo mentioned.
He noticed that management performs a important position in shaping the ethical local weather of any society, explaining that integrity, transparency, accountability and repair might strengthen establishments and restore public confidence in governance.
Conversely, he warned that compromised values might encourage corruption, inequality, injustice and declining public belief.
Ambakederemo, nonetheless, harassed that the duty for rebuilding societal values mustn’t relaxation solely on the federal government and political leaders.
He urged dad and mom to elevate youngsters with good character, academics to educate with goal, professionals to uphold moral requirements and residents to demand accountability. He additionally referred to as for younger individuals to be geared up with the values and expertise required to contribute meaningfully to society.
The Ijaw chief mentioned training should transcend educational achievement to cultivating character, civic duty and a dedication to service, noting that the way forward for an egalitarian society would rely largely on the values of the following era.
Ambakederemo described an egalitarian society as one during which justice is predictable, alternatives are accessible, and each particular person is handled with dignity.
Achieving such a society, he mentioned, would require deliberate motion, moral management, sturdy establishments and collective duty moderately than the mere identification of nationwide issues.
Ambakederemo additionally challenged individuals on the occasion to take the e book’s message past the launch ceremony by studying it, discussing its concepts and making use of its ideas of their properties, colleges, church buildings, workplaces, communities and public establishments.
“Nigeria does not lack potential. What we need is the courage and discipline to convert potential into sustainable progress,” he mentioned.
Reflecting on Egedegbe’s milestone, Ambakederemo mentioned the choice to mark 60 years of life with a e book addressing nationwide improvement gave the celebration added significance.
He described the publication because the writer’s contribution to the persevering with dialog concerning the type of Nigeria residents need and the collective effort required to construct a fairer society.
The e book examines the connection amongst values, management, corruption, institutional reform, training and financial justice, advancing the argument that sustainable improvement requires each accountable people and establishments that promote equity and accountability.
Ambakederemo congratulated Egedegbe on his sixtieth birthday and counseled him for contributing to the nationwide discourse by the publication.
He expressed hope that the e book would encourage Nigerians to uphold integrity, promote justice and construct establishments that develop alternatives and defend human dignity.
The celebration introduced collectively two milestones, the writer’s sixtieth birthday and the launch of a e book that locations ethical renewal on the centre of the search for nationwide improvement.
