Nigerians now celebrate people with questionable wealth – President Buhari

Yemi Osinbajo

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Tuesday, March 22, 2017, said that the value system is so decay now in our society, that Nigerians now celebrates some fellow Nigerians with questionable riches.

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria stated this at the 65th Annual Council Meeting of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, in Abuja.

The President who was represented by the Nigerian Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said many Nigerians in the private organizations and some public servants who have questionable wealth are now being celebrated with alumni acknowledgements, honorary degrees, chieftaincy titles and even higher spiritual titles in the country.

The president said: “Today the attainment of wealth, power or educational influence is the mark of success which is not necessarily a bad thing except we are no longer concerned with the process of attaining success.

“The end it appears today justifies the means which explains why cheating in exams and fake certificates simply do not generate the sort of outrage that such conduct would have generated years ago.

“Public servants and many in the private sectors who have unexplanable wealth are celebrated in one form or the other with alumni recognitions, honourary degrees, chieftaincy titles and even higher religious titles.

“Often, cheating is with the collusion of parents and teachers. This only reflects the failure of values in our larger society.”