It was a time to discuss Nigeria’s value system in our
present day and ways to resuscitate the values that truly define us and make us
Africans and Nigerians in particular.
Present at the 15th #WIMBIZAnnuallecture was the former
Governor of Ekiti State and Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr Kayode Fayemi who
spoke alongside Aisha Ahmad and other dignitaries shared on various issues
revolving on how our values systems got eroded and how to restore same by all
collective effort.
While he lashed the political class, he mentioned that
everyone must keep an eye on maintaining the right values.
Excerpt from the speech by Dr Kayode Fayemi,
"As I have already noted, it is easy to criticize politicians because of our relative
high visibility.
Corrupt politicians abuse their positions and break the public
trust. But so also do corrupt bank chief executives who embezzle depositors’
funds or corrupt journalists who take bribes and write their stories according to
the dictates of their patrons, or the NGO executive who steals donor funds or the
academic who demands sexual favours from female students in exchange for
positive marks. What all these depraved persons have in common is that they
have integrity deficits."
Photos after the cut
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| Prof Remi Sonaiya at #WIMBIZAnnualLecture 2016 |
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