Ethics
is the driving force of uprightness on this journey to sew the torn pieces of
our conscience together. The Nigerian constitution is very vocal about what our
national ethics should be. According to
the 1999 constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, national ethics shall be discipline, self reliance,
religious tolerance, dignity of labour, patriotism, and social justice. These
forces are expected to be the rationale behind our actions and inactions in our
daily, private and public lives.
As
we struggle to get this train[Nigeria] back on track, there is the need for
everyone to wash his/her conscience in the deep waters of patriotism by first
and foremost thinking of what we can do for Nigeria and not what Nigeria can do
for us. Lets renovate the dilapidated structures and principles of social
justice, our rulers should metamorphose into leaders with breath taking ideas
that will manufacture the locomotives of progress to drive on Christopher, Mustapha,
and discipline, not to Eagle square in Abuja, but to that dream land where
every ‘Nigerian is a Nigerian’ not by the colour of his passport but by who he
believe he is, who he wants to be, and who he truly is. His words must show
that he is a Nigerian, his actions must prove it. Everything, including the
blood that flows in his veins. These are the unique features that make us who
we are, Nigerians, citizens of a nation on the hill that can not be hidden from
the eyes of the world.
Written by: Justice V. Agan
twitter: @AGANJUSTICE
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