Buhari Blasts Nigerians As He Reveals Change Isn’t About Economic Progress

President Muhammadu Buharihas said that before Nigerians demand to see the changes he promised them during the 2015 election, they must first changetheir own attitude by shunning corruption and other social vices.
He adds that changeis not about economic or social progress, but it is in terms of citizens’ personal behaviour.
Buharisaid this while delivering a speech at the inauguration of the national re-orientation campaign tagged, ‘ ChangeBegins With Me’ in Abuja on Thursday.
The President acknowledged that Nigeriais currently passing through a challenging period where hardly anything works normally.
He lamented that honesty, hard work and godliness had given way to all kinds of manifestations of lawlessness and degeneration in our national life.
Buharisaid, “Our citizens must realise that the changethey want to see begins with them, and that personal and social reforms are not a theoretic exercise. If you have not seen the changein you, you cannot see it in others or even the larger society.
“In other words, before you ask ‘Where is the changethey promised us?’, you must first ask, ‘How far have I changed my ways? What have I done to be part of the changefor the greater good of society?’
The President said his government had done well in the fight against corruption, adding that the fresh campaign was a way of getting Nigerians to join in the struggle.
He added, “The campaign we are about to launch today is all about the need for us to see change, not merely in terms of our economic, social progress but in terms of our personal behaviour on how we conduct ourselves, engage our neighbours, friends and generally how we relate with the larger society in a positive and definitive way and manner that promotes our common good and common destiny, changeat home, changein work place, changeat traffic junction, changeat traffic lights, etc.”
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Source: PUNCH