Discussants Reiterate Call to Restructure Nigeria

A call has been made for the restructuring of Nigeria’s educational system in order to produce people with high integrity. This admonition was given by discussants on the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State radio station, FUNAAB Radio 89.5FM live interactive programme, Boiling Point. According to the Head of Department of Communication and General Studies, College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD), FUNAAB, Prof. Onyekwere Nwaorgu, if the country had a better educational system, it would have an enhanced system of governance. “The quality of justice depends more on the quality of men, who administered the law than the content of the law they administer. “The judicial system, no matter how sound it is on paper, is bound to function poorly in practice if it is being operated by people of poor”, he said.
Also, a lecturer at the Protestant University of West Africa, Port Novo, Benin Republic, Dr. Isaiah Ayedun, said Nigerians should be selfless, patriotic, and loyal, adding that their conscience should be paramount. He stated that the problem facing the country was a lack of sincerity and ideology, noting that there is inequality, tribalism, and nepotism in the country. “It is when we are patriotic and embrace restructuring, change the norms, ethnic and morals that the country will move forward”, he stated. Similarly, Mr. Irebami Soyinka of the Department of Mass Communication, McPherson University in Ajebo, Ogun State, urged every region to come together as one. He also sought a strong judiciary in the quest at strengthening the nation’s democracy. According to him, the “Judicial system should be strengthened and let the people, who stole public funds, face the law. There should be freedom of the judiciary and we must strengthen the rule of law”.