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National Values and Ethics*
Social Justice
Social justice is to be fair and just in your treatment of people by ensuring equal opportunities to wealth, social services and opportunities. It is about an individual’s rights and duties in the society.
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When you make demands on government for your rights, do you also remember your duties to the state, such as paying your taxes, obeying laws of the land, etc?
our peaceful co-existence, progress and development. Don’t discriminate or oppress people who don’t belong to your faith.
Religious Tolerance
Religious tolerance has to do with recognizing an individual right and freedom to hold and practice one’s belief without any form of hindrance. It requires that we respect the religion of one another. As a country of many religions, religious tolerance is necessary for
Self-reliance
Self-reliance is the ability to depend on your own skills, power or resources to get things done and to meet your personal needs. Whether as individuals or as a nation, it is necessary to be self-reliant and not depend completely on others for everything that we need.
Every Nigerian has something that can make himself/herself-reliant. Explore that ability and be self-reliant to ensure your survival in today’s competitive world.
* Chapter 2, Section 23 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended). Text courtesy of the National OrientationAgency (NOA).
