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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday launched the national re-orientation campaign at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to him, the slogan of the re-orientation campaign “Change Begins With Me” is geared towards engendering a holistic attitudinal change in Nigerians.
This, he said, will go a long way in restoring in the country credible value system, spirit of patriotism among other values.
The campaign, being championed by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, is organized under the change mantra of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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.
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 neigbhours, 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, change at home, change in the work place, change at traffic junction, change at traffic lights etc.
“Every one of us must have a change from our old ways of doing things, we cannot fold our arms and allow things to continue the old way.
He said that Nigerians must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned Nigeria for so long.
“Let us summon a new spirit of responsibility, spirit of service, of patriotism and sacrifice, Let us all resolve to pitch in and work hard and look after, not only ourselves but one another, What the current problem has taught us is that we cannot have a thriving army of rent seekers and vested interests, while the majority suffers.
“Rather than sit back and complain endlessly, we have decided to act pragmatically, with the launch of this National Re-orientation Campaign. The campaign will not be a sprint but a marathon that will run the course of our tenure.
“We are under no illusion that the changes we seek will happen overnight, but we have no doubt that the campaign will help restore our value system and rekindle our nationalistic fervor”
The President appealed to all Nigerians to be part of the campaign, noting that the change the citizens expect to see begins with them.
According to him, the slogan of the re-orientation campaign “Change Begins With Me” is geared towards engendering a holistic attitudinal change in Nigerians.
This, he said, will go a long way in restoring in the country credible value system, spirit of patriotism among other values.
The campaign, being championed by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, is organized under the change mantra of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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.
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 neigbhours, 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, change at home, change in the work place, change at traffic junction, change at traffic lights etc.
“Every one of us must have a change from our old ways of doing things, we cannot fold our arms and allow things to continue the old way.
He said that Nigerians must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned Nigeria for so long.
“Let us summon a new spirit of responsibility, spirit of service, of patriotism and sacrifice, Let us all resolve to pitch in and work hard and look after, not only ourselves but one another, What the current problem has taught us is that we cannot have a thriving army of rent seekers and vested interests, while the majority suffers.
“Rather than sit back and complain endlessly, we have decided to act pragmatically, with the launch of this National Re-orientation Campaign. The campaign will not be a sprint but a marathon that will run the course of our tenure.
“We are under no illusion that the changes we seek will happen overnight, but we have no doubt that the campaign will help restore our value system and rekindle our nationalistic fervor”
The President appealed to all Nigerians to be part of the campaign, noting that the change the citizens expect to see begins with them.