President Muhammadu Buhari launched the change campaign, code-named, “Change Begins With Me,” in Abuja, yesterday, vowing to eliminate rent-seeking from the nation’s public service. He told the gathering of top government officials, civil society organizations and private sector operators that he was not under any illusion that the needed change would happen overnight.

The president said he was, however, optimistic that with a consistent campaign and determination of the Nigerian public, the desired change would be achieve. He said, “Nigeria today is passing through a challenging moment where hardly anything works in a normal manner. Many have attributed this phenomenon to the total breakdown of our core values over the years. “ There is no doubt that our value system has been badly eroded over the years. The long-cherished and time-honoured, time-tested virtues of honesty, integrity, hard work, punctuality, good neighbourliness, abhorrence of corruption and patriotism, have given way in the main to dishonesty, indolence, unbridled corruption and widespread impunity. “The resultant effect of this derailment in our value system is being felt in the social, political and economic spheres. It is the reason that some youths will take to cultism and brigandage instead of studying hard or engaging in decent living; it is the reason that some elements will break pipelines and other oil facilities, thus robbing the nation of much-needed resources; it is the reason that money belonging to our commonwealth will be brazenly stolen by the same public officials to whom they were entrusted; it is the reason why motorists drive through red traffic lights; it is the reason that many will engage in thuggery and vote-stealing during elections; it is part of what has driven our economy into deep problem out of which we are now working hard to extricate ourselves. Read More Here: http://mxclusive.com.ng/2016/09/08/buhari-begs-nigerians-to-change-from-old-ways/