Anytime
there is a change, you must follow the trend of the change for effective
performance of task ahead. Based on this platform, we are to define a social change
as transformation of Political, economical and cultural values in society to
the benefits of men and women in existence. So, you do not depend on the glory
of past efforts to transformation, rather we depend on the future glory that we
have invested our efforts to a maximum social change. Social change or reform
can also be connected with society and the way it is organized.
In
Nigeria economy, we are striving for improvement on our economical, political
and cultural background to suit the western culture or ways of doing things or
even be better than them. This is why we must welcome change or innovation in
Nigeria. And there is no way a change can take effect if Nigeria as a nation
did not wake up to fight corruption. This is the centre point that hinders
effective social change for better standard of living in Nigeria as a society.
We
as a nation are blessed with numerous resources to create a change. But lack of
proper management has created a big vacuum that cannot be occupied due to lack
of expertise, untrained skills and endemic corruption. Should we wake up from
our slumber and make this nation better? Yes, that should be our priority, we
can do that but the main fact is that we have what it takes to do that but the
managerial skills and efforts are blunt because of corruption, and they need to
be sharpened.
Why
must we continue to employ the services of western world like importation of
foods, drugs, cosmetics, scraps, cars etc? When shall we rise to produce these
things by ourselves and export our own products? This is a call to hard work of
research to development and advancement.
The
western world like Europe and United State does not have two head. But they
achieved what they are today because they eradicated corruption in their
society. Nigeria is one of the nations that its citizens cease political
position for embezzling public and government funds. Most of Quota assigned for
federal, State, and Local government during budget of each year are sometimes not
properly accounted for at the end of the day; not to mention but few are roads
and infrastructural developments are still not organized. Our roads to rural
areas are very crude and bad, yet those that are in charge of these developments
are sleeping with the money. The federal tenders are now managed by the upper
class that will influence the issuing of contracts to suit their whims and caprices
to the detriment of the wellbeing and development of the nation.
Think
of when unqualified and uneducated sets of people manage the development of the
nation? It is a ball game to embezzlement and to enrichment of their pockets. At
the end of the day, no work is executed or carried out. This is why our roads
are not well tarred, workers salaries are not paid leading to industrialized
strike action, lack of medical care facilities in our government hospitals
especially for emergency rescue of lives. And as a result, attitudes of staff
to duty are not encouraging, as some of them will cease bribery as the main
vice to perform their duties.
Now,
correcting these errors is simple, if the head of the nation will wake up from
slumber. The time of Air Condition executive leadership should be over now. Let
us set up panels to monitor the expenditure of every Quota to each year budget
starting from the Concurrent to Residual list; irrespective of who is in charge
of each Quota. Apart from the states and federal house of Assemblies and
Representatives, there should be external bodies monitoring this process for
effective performance of duty.
Nigeria
today is a bit free from fake drugs because of NAFDAC which was appropriated by
former late minister of information and
Communication Technology PROF. DORA
AKUNYILI; she rendered selfless service to the nation helping to curb
corruption in the society. We still encourage strong government bodies like National Agency for Food and Drug Administration
Control (NAFDAC) and Economic and Financial Crime Commission
(EFCC) in other sector of economy to
curb corruption and create positive change as well as boost the economy of the
nation Nigeria.
To
achieve these, we have to call it a tactful task knowing that our loophole to
development is endemic corruption. And fighting this from the leaders will help
position and restructure the political arena which today serves as the major
wing to corrupt society
Finally,
for effective social change to take shape, we need the right leaders, because
when the leaders are right, the masses can be corrected to follow the trend but
when the leaders are corrupt, the corruption will continue to grow like wild
fire in the nation. With these points, I think we can make a better change to
Nigerian economy. Long live Nigeria Economy, long live Federal Republic of
Nigeria, and long live Nations of the World.
Written
by
ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD
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