Decay in cultural value system is largely responsible for insurgency in some parts of the country, the federal government says.
To ensure sanity in the society and nip the scourge of terrorism in the bud, the FG has disclosed plans to develop a comprehensive and workable policy on value re-orientation for its citizens.
“The core values that were cherished by our fore fathers had been jettisoned that is why we are working assiduously with some knowledgeable resource persons to develop a policy that will enable us address the problem,” said Nkechi Ejele, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation.
Ejele, who spoke at the delegates’ conference on the Formulation of a National Policy on Orientation in Abuja added that “There is need for us to have a structure and systematic way addressing the problem, to ensure value re-orientation and behavioural change.”
Also speaking at the event, Prof. Olu Obafemi of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, noted that the much talked about ‘unity in diversity’ as a nation was a mere lip service.
“We have subjected to values and culture that are alien to us,” and this had swallowed up “our norms and values,” Obafemi lamented.
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