Renowned economist and former presidential aspirant, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Thursday said the tragedy of the Nigeria revolves around the endless appetite of the average Nigerian to engage in corruption.
He also noted that the Nigeria is on the threshold of history and every individual owes the country a duty to make it work.
Speaking during The Platform, a programme that reflected on Nigeria’s past in order to fashion out the right polices for the future, Prof Utomi noted that “the part of the challenge we have developed here is that we have not developed an appropriate cultural vision for dying a little for the next person.
We have developed a culture of me, myself and I and that is part of the tragedy of the situation that we live in, he said.
He further noted that also very important is the disposition to learning; unless we have a learning culture, we are going to keep making the mistakes of yesterday, insisting that we have to have people who draw from yesterday’s experience and say never again.
Prof Utomi maintained that corruption is big on the agenda today and part of the challenge is that people do not realize that the culture that have come to accept corruption is hanging itself in a fundamental way.
He wondered why we have for 30 years talked about diversifying the base of our economy and not done anything about it.
The Platform is an annual programme conveyed by the Senior Pastor of the Covenant Christian Centre, Mr Poju Oyemade.
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