Stampede: Value orientation needed in Nigeria, says Anambra Agency

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By Madu Obi

The Anambra State Civic and Social Reformation Office (ANCISRO), an agency recently created by Governor Chukwuma Soludo is advocating for value reorientation, saying such can help save people from deaths and embarrassment as was seen in recent stampedes across the country.

The Managing Director of the agency, Mr Chuka Nnabuife argued that orientating the people on core values, etiquettes and right way of doing things can reshape societal behaviours.

Nnabuife said in Awka that if those who died in the recent stampedes in Oyo, Abuja and Anambra had imbibed etiquette, they would have known that their hosts had enough food items and cash for everyone, and would not have rushed to get them by force, which led to the stampede.

He said: "The way we are going, we would not achieve a livable and prosperous homeland if we continue without law and order and keep ignoring our civic responsibilities.

All through the ages in history, great societies never toyed with maintaining orderliness through upholding their laws and encouraging citizens as well as sojourners to live up to their civic duties.

The situation has gone so bad that in homes, communities, including faith-based organisations such as churches, mosques, places of traditional worship and others where morals and ethics used to be the stronghold of teaching and orientation, how to get rich quick has taken over.

If those who died in stampede had maintained some level of orderliness, the food stuffs would have gotten to everyone.

Greed, rage, crimes, killings, even suicide and unprecedented vices now mark the news and public discussions day by day."

He said that the creation of the agency by the state government was timely, adding that it has the core mandate of reshaping the people's psyche with a view to achieving orderliness and imbibing the right way of doing things.

"Prof. Chukwuma Soludo established ANCISRO on September 1, 2024 with its chores clearly cut out to inspire and instill an enduring reformation of the values and social conduct of Ndi Anambra with the view of making the state livable and robustly prosperous.

This comes timely, amid an unprecedented fast degeneration of values and sense of civic responsibility among our people.

The goal of ANCISRO is to achieve, in Anambra, a livable and prosperous homeland where none is left behind. Towards that target we sensitive and mobilize Anambra people," he said.