Anambra state governor’s wife, Dr Nonye Soludo, Tuesday, lamented over the moral decadence in the society, which according to her, could no longer be contained by education institutions alone.
Soludo stated this at 2025 Congress organised by the Anambra State Universal Basic Education (ASUBEB) themed “moral regeneration and value reorientation at the basic education level: the role of stakeholders”.
According to her, evidence to this include increase in examination malpractices usually aided by some parents, robbery, neopaganism, inordinate ambitions to amass wealth, nudity to make money on social media, among others.
She called for reactivation of moral instructions across schools, mentoring, guidance and counselling to assist in reclaiming the society from abnormal behaviours.
Mrs Soludo also called on parents, communities, religious leaders, schools and other stakeholders to join in inculcating moral values on students, noting that training children should be the responsibilities of all as practised in cosmopolitan Igbo society.
Speaking in a panel discussion, Professor Jaja Nwanegbo of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; the Chairman, Anambra Post Primary Schools Service Commission (PPSSC), Professor Nkechi Ikediugwu; Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, and the former Provost, Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe; told parents to build bond with their children and train them in a way that they could easily be transformed by schools.
Earlier, the host and Chairman, ASUBEB, Dr Vera Nkiru Nwadinobi, said that the Congress was aimed at reminding the stakeholders of a need to build a strong moral foundation with secure resilient and prosperous nation for transformation of children.