Founding Partner of Skye Advisory, Ivie Omoregie, has called on Nigerians to embrace integrity and personal accountability, insisting that meaningful national renewal cannot happen unless citizens change their attitudes and actions.
Speaking during an interview with ARISE NEWS on Sunday, Omoregie argued that the country’s challenges stem not only from leadership failures but also from the everyday decisions of ordinary Nigerians.
Questioning the distinction often made between citizens and government, she said:
“Who are the electorate? Who is the government? We are the government. Nigeria is a reflection of the people that are within the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Speaking on the New Nigeria Mandate, Omoregie said lasting change begins with acknowledging the root causes of the country’s problems.
“We haven’t quite identified or accepted that the problems we see in Nigeria stem from conscious decisions people make on a daily basis.”
She stressed that integrity must become a national value if Nigeria is to achieve sustainable development.
“The I Am Nigeria, The New Nigeria Mandate promotes integrity, hard work, honesty, and doing the right thing even when no one is watching.”
According to her, many of the country’s challenges are sustained by individuals who benefit from weaknesses in the system.
“People have been making a lot of money from the inconsistencies of our system for decades and those characters are hell-bent on maintaining the status quo.”
On governance and development, Omoregie argued that reforms would only succeed if citizens also took responsibility for their actions.
“If everybody in Nigeria walked with a sense of integrity, so many things would change. The schools would change, the institutions would change.”
Addressing the question of who can fix Nigeria, she maintained that no leader can succeed while widespread sabotage persists.
“There can be no fixers if we have millions of people consciously sabotaging because of greed.”
Concluding, Omoregie urged Nigerians to see themselves as active participants in nation-building rather than passive observers.
“Until we all make a conscious decision that we are individually responsible for the state of our country, nothing is really going to change.”
Goodness Anunobi
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