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President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Christopher Isiguzo, Thursday in Enugu said that the country needs the collective and individual efforts of all Nigerians to deal with the challenge of bad leadership and ensure that human rights is maintained.
Isiguzo, who was one of the discussant at the Big Ideas Podium with the theme: “Human Rights and Democracy in Nigeria Agenda for a New Era”, said that the country has remained a train that is moving speedily towards destruction.
According to him, the challenge facing the country remains the fact that there is the desperation to get power by some people who do not really care about the well being of the citizens.
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“We only know that our politicians exist when it is another season of election and then they come to us promising to work well” he said.
He also noted that everyone seems to have resigned to fate and continued to live with the imagination that all has been decided.
“We need collective responsibility to disrupt the existing status quo because it Is not enough to talk about such issues he said, adding that the media has a role to play in terms of providing accurate reports about the activities of the government.
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He stated that the country needs to fight bad leadership and get Nigeria working again through positive disruption and the impelling need to get the electoral system right.
“When we get the electoral system right, every other system will work fine because it avails the people the right to bring in credible leaders” he said.
“We have not degenerated to this level before as a country. But beyond the spiraling issue of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, Herdsmen attack In the North Central and Banditry in the North West, we must begin to look for the way forward else we shall wake up one morning to discover there is no more country” he said.
Speaking further, he said “As individuals, we have a critical role to play to get the country working again. It is not enough to throw stone”
