The Senior Pastor of Praise Arena, Pastor Jummy Adetoyese-Olagunju, has appealed to relevant authorities to reintroduce moral instruction as a main subject in the educational curriculum.
He challenged them to set up programmes that would help in celebrating honesty, faithfulness and patriotism among youths across the nation.
Adetoyese-Olagunju spoke at the 2018 couple’s dinner of the church in Lagos.
He warned Nigeria would only be building learned but unpatriotic and inhuman monsters if moral instruction is not reintroduced into the educational curriculum.
He noted that there are more educated people in positions of authority across the country but recent statistics shows that Nigeria is still high up in the global corruption index.
According to him: “We need to reintroduce moral instruction as main subject that will teach leadership, selfless service, patriotism, respect for rule of law and compulsory community service which would prepare today’s children to become selfless leaders who will serve the Nation with love of the people in mind.”
He added that corruption will be nipped in the bud when honest and transparent lifestyle are celebrated and rewarded in schools across the country.
He lamented that many youths join cultism and engage in nefarious activities because they are disillusioned with the system that does not have reward for honesty and faithfulness as corrupt people keep getting accolades for all the wrong reasons.
The cleric recalled in his childhood days, a jingle was run on radio to exemplify and instill patriotism among young people, adding Nigeria needs to set up monuments and pillars to celebrate good people, especially the youths making positive changes in our society.
He said: “I read recently about the child of one of the richest men in Canada, who was happy picking up trash in a Recreational Park and helping to wash clothes in old people’s home under the community service developed as part of the curriculum in High Schools.
“These acts of love and selfless service would instill good leadership character in the child as he grows up,” he stressed.