A Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Lecturer,  Prof. Ngozi Anyanwu, has attributed the country’s socio-political problems to the failure of the family and the university system.

“The two instutions have failed in instilling moral ethics in the younger generation,” she said.

 Anyanwu made the observation in a public lecture delivered on Wednesday, at the University,.titled, “Instilling moral ethics in the university community: a sine qua non for national growth and development”.

She said that lack of moral discipline had resulted in Nigerian universities producing individuals who were perpetually preoccupied with finding ways to exploit the society only for their personal advantages at the expense of others.

“Without good moral upbringing of the youths today the nation will not produce good leaders to manage its affairs tomorrow”.

“Without moral upbringing, our institutions of higher learning will continue to mass produce youths who are insensitive to the destruction of the nation’s pipelines, electrical cables and human lives”.

“In the last five years, the Nigerian youths have increasingly adopted habits and tendencies that are destructive to social harmony because the values in the system tend to push them in that direction,” she said.

Anyanwu, a professor of Medical Microbiology, emphasised that there was a compelling need for re-orientation in the country’s value system, adding, “we need to go through attitudinal change”.

“It is only when one has this type of orientation that one realises the futility of acquiring wealth unnecessarily and the joy of hard work rather than money,” she noted.

Anyanwu stressed  that good orientation would give the individual the ability to analyse problems and make thoughtful decisions.

She said further that good orientation created the ability to re-order priorities based on how they would benefit the society and not how much they would benefit individuals.

“It is only when this happens that we will be able to graduate people who are worthy in character and learning”.

“The continued neglect of this fact will lead to social paralysis”, she added.