Everything in the Nigerian State has become meaningless – Maitama Sule

Elder statesman and representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama-Sule has decried the dwindling fortunes of the Nigerian politics, philosophy and economy.

The Northern elder who bagged a Lifetime Achievement Award alongside a former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, at an annual dinner organized by the Academy for Entrepreneurial Studies in Lagos on Tuesday asserted that things are gradually falling apart in the nation, noting that everything is fast becoming “meaningless”.

He lamented that Nigerian leaders had forsaken the foundation laid by the nation’s founding fathers who fought gallantly to bring orderliness and greatness to the country.

He said, “Honestly, everything in the Nigerian state has become meaningless. In short, today there is meaningless in philosophy, intellectualism, politics, immorality in the society, corruption in the economy, fraud in act, and lack of creativity.

“Nigeria today is not what it used to be. Our founding fathers made all efforts to give us foundation and dream that between the next 15 and 30 years, Nigeria will become a great country. But things have fallen apart. The family institution today has broken down. Respect for elders and constituted authority, which used to be a standing order in our society, has now become a wasted effort.”

He added, “I remain optimistic. I believe that we shall overcome. I saw it in the past. In the First Republic, I saw so many crisis and we overcame. As we overcame those crises in the First Republic, so shall we overcome these crises in the present Nigeria by the grace of God.”

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