Chimamanda Adichie, the award-winning author, says Nigeria
is “starved” of heroes to inspire its citizens, particularly the young people.
The writer spoke on Monday while delivering her keynote
address at the ongoing annual general meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association
(NBA) in Lagos state.
Recently, Nigeria has been faced with several challenges
ranging from leadership, economic, socio-political issues and insecurity.
In her remark, the writer said it has become difficult for
young Nigerians to get heroes to mentor them.
“We are starved of
heroes. Our young people do not find people to look up to anymore,” she said.
The writer also enjoined Nigerians to embrace self-criticism
to foster transparency and good governance in the country.
“As long as we refuse to untangle the knot of injustice,
peace cannot thrive. If we don’t talk about it, we fail to hold leaders accountable
and we turn what should be transparent systems into ugly opaque cults,” she
added.
“My experience made
me think there’s something dead in us, in our society; a death of
self-awareness and ability for self-criticism.
“There’s need for resurrection. We cannot avoid
self-criticism but criticise the government. We cannot hide our own
institutional failure while demanding transparency from the government.”
The conference with the theme ‘Bold Transitions’ started on
August 19. It will end on August 26.
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