{"id":76049,"date":"2020-10-04T19:52:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=76049"},"modified":"2020-10-04T19:52:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:52:58","slug":"osinbajo-public-institutions-must-provide-equal-opportunities-regardless-of-tribe-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/osinbajo-public-institutions-must-provide-equal-opportunities-regardless-of-tribe-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Osinbajo: Public institutions must provide equal opportunities regardless of tribe, religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1679644253785617221\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria\u2019s public institutions must be<br \/>\nequipped to provide opportunities, regardless of tribe, religion, or<br \/>\ngender as the primary criterion must be merit.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Osinbajo\u2019s spokesman, Laolu<br \/>\nAkande, quoted the Vice President as saying this in a keynote address at<br \/>\nthe Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI) webinar series.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of the webinar is, \u201cA National Conversation on Rebuilding our<br \/>\nNational Values System.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President said that Nigeria\u2019s desire and pursuit of economic<br \/>\ngrowth and sustainable development would be best achieved through<br \/>\nembracing merit as a national value<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeritocracy is crucial as a value in and of itself; the moment that we<br \/>\ndepart from meritocracy, we cannot tie our value system to develop in<br \/>\nany meaningful way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur public institutions must be equipped to provide opportunities,<br \/>\nregardless of tribe, religion or gender, but the primary criterion must<br \/>\nbe merit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nation\u2019s value system must provide a causal connection with our<br \/>\neconomic development; in other words, we must be able to say that these<br \/>\nsets of values conduce to economic development in a particular way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it must also be one that is capable of showing us that happy<br \/>\nsociety, a community of people that are prepared to live and work<br \/>\ntogether, is possible on account of this value system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile inequalities may be addressed by affirmative provisions such as<br \/>\nFederal Character, the primary consideration should be merit,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Osinbajo also spoke on the arguments around the question on whether the<br \/>\ndominant principle in appointments to public institutions should be<br \/>\nFederal Character.<br \/>\nHe said the dominant principle should be merit, and Federal Character<br \/>\nwas essentially affirmative.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, what the Federal Character seeks to do is to create a<br \/>\nbalance.<br \/>\n\u201cBut even if we are to create that balance, it should still be based on<br \/>\nmerit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, if we say that a particular zone should produce a<br \/>\nparticular candidate for whatever position, that zone should be able to<br \/>\nproduce the best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c What you find, repeatedly, is the situation where the choices are not<br \/>\nbased on merit, and everything goes around the question of trying to<br \/>\ncreate a balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor purposes of national unity, for example, we must accept that unity<br \/>\nand peace are important outcomes, but the condition predicate for both<br \/>\nunity and peace is justice \u2013 both legal and social justice.<br \/>\n\u201cSo, in our context, justice includes the notions of fairness, equity,<br \/>\nand equality.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Nigerian Constitution was replete with references<br \/>\nto these themes.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President said that Nigeria\u2019s Constitution affirmed that the<br \/>\nFederal Republic of Nigeria should be a state based on the principles of<br \/>\ndemocracy and social justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also asserts that the State Social Order is founded on ideals of<br \/>\nFreedom, Equality and Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c So, it is obvious that the mandates of our public institutions must be<br \/>\nto transparently ensure that there is fairness in the availability of<br \/>\nopportunity to all regardless of tribe, religion or gender, or any other<br \/>\nconsiderations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retired)<br \/>\nemphasised the need to re-engineer the National Youth Service Corps<br \/>\nscheme and reinvigorate the studies of History in schools, to reclaim<br \/>\nlost values in the society.<\/p>\n<p>He said the nation\u2019s reward system should be linked to a renewed<br \/>\nnational value system, noting that Nigerians should be defined by<br \/>\nestablished core values.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, pledged the<br \/>\nsupport of the National Assembly in ensuring curriculum alignment to the<br \/>\nvalue rebuilding processes and called for a re-engineering of family<br \/>\nethics to support the entire reconstruction process.<\/p>\n<p>Other speakers at the event included former Nigeria High Commissioner to<br \/>\nthe UK, Dr. Christopher Kolade, Chairman of First Bank, Nigeria, Mrs.<br \/>\nIbukun Awosika, among others. 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