Moral Decadence: Egba Economists To Organize Inter-school Debate Among Secondary School Pupils
ABEOKUTA – Worried by the breakdown of value system among the youths, a group of concerned Egba indigenes under the Egba Economic Summit have concluded plans to inculcate morals and norms among the youths in Egbaland.
According to the President, Egba Economic Summit, Shina Luwoye, the group would embark on inter-school debates among secondary school pupils in the Egba zone.
Luwoye spoke at the weekend while addressing journalists during the 9th Annual General Meeting of the group with the theme: “The Future Is Now”.
According to him, the group would reinvigorate the reading culture and instill moral discipline among the youths through academic interventions.
“We have programmes that the AGM has approved that have to be implemented this year. One of them is inter-school debate among secondary schools in Egbaland.
“Who are the icons that our youths are looking up to? They are musicians and area boys that have been promoted to active roles in the political area. But rather, that is not in the character of the Egba people. So, the inter school debate is to bring back those era where you are recognised and rewarded for your intellectual capacity.
“You see our youths today become glorified Okada riders; we see our children doing Yahoo; that’s not the future we want for our people. That’s why we want to bring back that culture where children can be on radio, television to show that they really got talent and they can also be rewarded for engaging in intellectual activity.”
