Nigeria ranked 41 out of 51 in the recently released Mo Ibrahim index on good governance ranked. I have had the opportunity of reading the reactions of Nigerians to the ranking. I was not surprised at the comments people were making. Calling Nigeria names, blaming our leaders and so forth.

The ugly truth we need to come to terms with is that our leaders are a reflection of the society. I believe that our generation will even be worse than the old generation. Look at people like Bankole; young, Harvard educated and so forth, what difference did he make? He was as corrupt as the next person.

The question we should ask is how does my actions affect the people around me. When we are able to instil the right values in our children and the people we influence, that is when this country will move forward. Everybody wants to get his own cut not thinking about the big picture.