NIGERIAN PARENTS PAY FOR EXPO IN EXAMS -JONATHAN

PRESIDENT
Goodluck Jonathan has stated that Nigerian parents were now paying for expo in
examinations and also sponsoring wonder centres for Joint Admissions
Matriculation Board (JAMB) for their children.

The
president, who was represented by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban
Development, Ms. Amal Pepple, stated this on Friday in Abuja at the official
kick-of of the National Christian Campaign on Social Transformation.

President
Jonathan said that parents now fought teachers who disciplined their children
and also encouraged their children to insult adults.

He said
“the whole society has failed, that is one reason we have incidents of cultism,
armed robbery, murder, ritual killing, drugs, sale of babies, kidnapping and
sexual immorality.

“Indeed,
we have lost our moral values and principles, so much has gone wrong in our
family life, schools, churches and society in general” he said.

The
president further noted that most teachers were no longer committed and had
become business men and women, through sale of handouts before students can
pass, asking of favours from students to award pass marks.

Jonathan
called on the church to lead the return to good values and morals and bring the
much needed transformation in the society.

Speaking
at the event, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo
Oritsejafor stated that Nigeria is never a mistake and that God is behind the
idea called Nigeria.

He said
“when you look at Nigeria today, we are deceiving ourselves, Pastors are
deceiving members, members are deceiving their Pastors, Husbands are deceiving
their Wives, Wives deceiving their Husbands, Parents deceiving their Children,
Children deceiving their Parents. Sooner we would have a nation of people
deceiving each other”.