By Yunus Abdulhamid
There is no amount of change of presidents in Nigeria that will change the fortune of the country for good, Prof. Ahmed Adamu has said.
He said focusing on political leadership and switching of political parties by politicians and the electorate remain a draw back to Nigeria’s quest for greatness.
Speaking at a conference held in Bauchi, Bauchi state organised by the Ethical & Moral Rejuvenation Centre, Prof Adamu who is the Dean of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences of Philomath University Abuja, emphasised that ethical and moral leadership was the sure way to take the country and its people out of the woods. The conference theme was: “Building a Nation of Integrity: Ethical Leadership, Civic Responsibility and Moral Renewal for Sustainable Development.”
“We focus on political leadership. We focus on elections, changing parties, and changing leaders. How many times are we going to be doing elections? Yet, this change we are looking for has not yet arrived,” he said.
While calling on Nigerians to make individual and collective sacrifices for the country to move forward, Prof. Adamu listed five important steps to take to achieve maximum positive impact. These include having a common purpose, establishing justice and fairness, adopting ethics and positive values, population management and demonetizing politics.
The Professor of Petroleum Economics said: “We have to reduce the monetary attraction in political positions. Even young people when they are experiencing poverty, their quickest thinking is, let me contest an election so that I can get rich,” just as he said “If a country will shy away from business to become rich, we want to go to politics to become rich, then we cannot have good governance.”
He advised Nigerians to complain less about the government and leadership but to begin the change they want to see in the society.
“You complain about government. You complain about the economy. You complain about everyone. But are you doing what you want to see in society?” he asked.
“You’re the one to start the change. It’s not you’re not waiting for others. You’re not waiting for government. You’re not waiting for tomorrow. It is now and you always bear in your mind the consequences of your action.”
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