Growth

In a pluralistic nation with many different ethnic and tribal groups, there must be cultural type variations with corresponding diverse opinions and perceptions on the way people would view the process of achieving unity, growth, and development.

Every Nigerian believes and knows that inclusiveness is the bedrock of upholding the spirit of playing prominent roles in the scheme of nation-building.

However, it is no more so, as it manifests in the laws of such a virtue as patriotism, whereby the powerful tool in the national anthem, most especially, on how the efforts of our heroes past shall not be in vain becomes just a song and the objective of the pledge for the nation only lives as a mere tantalizing mirage because we all fail to walk the talk of the beautiful oath of allegiance.

Laws of patriotism have adversely affected our leadership and governance postures because of the attendant stance of Timocracy in our veins, making us think more of the benefits we may, individually and by chance, source from the opportunity of service.

Worse still, we see service as business as usual making the people lose interest in their leaders as well as influencing the people to believe that corruption is legitimate.

All Ministries Departments and Agencies including Parastatals are now been run through a lackadaisical approach as well as with no passion for the nation that belongs to all of us.

The challenges of inclusiveness have led to the marginalization of women in all spheres of our lives including the areas of decision making that even directly affects their lives.

Worse still, the government's neglect of people with disabilities is a product of our leaders' insensitivity to most of the international instruments from the United Nations on the need to domesticate such articles of laws, policies, and their implementation as they may affect the development of the nation and the wellness of the people.

From our era of the dignity of labor and work just for the affluence level, we are now in an era of kleptocracy in government, the disregard for the rule of law with blatant impunity with strange clauses in the constitution.

The unity of the nation is been threatened by the failure of the government to deliver the people from the shackles of poverty, hunger, and diseases to give way to insecurity.

In the face of injustice and inequality, there is a limit to which the fundamental human rights of Nigerians can be trampled.

We must, therefore, disallow the state of degeneration of the current situation.

In the Yoruba tradition, the broom usually resists the attack from flies, but when we allow the broom to scatter on the floor, people trample on it randomly.

We must not allow degeneration to set in, to the extent that the socio-spiritual state of every man would be negatively affected.

Those in positions of power, therefore, need to be sensitive and responsive to the people's yearnings for the necessary improvement of their wellness status, to promote inclusiveness for the people's sense of belonging to ensure unity, growth, and development.

 Information Leak: Govt Official Arrested in Sudan

The Director of Information, Khartoum State, Sudan, El Tayeb Saad Eddin, has been arrested for leaking classified information to unauthorized persons who took an active part in the immediate past administration of Al Bashir

According to the Sudan News Agency (SUNA), Saad Eddin's arrest was ordered by the Committee for Dismantling the System of 30 June 1989 and Restoration of Public Funds.

The News Agency also stated that investigations and charges are being drawn up in line with the Dismantling Act and the Public Service Act.

The allegation against the Director revolves around the fact that he has ''continued to communicate actively with elements in the dissolved National Congress Party”.