– Governor Okorocha of Imo state has advocated the use of deities in swearing in ceremonies
– He said the Bible should not be used describing it as alien culture
– Okorocha insists that corruption could be fought if public officers are sworn in using deities
Governor Rochas Okorcoha of Imo state has advocated for a paradigm shift in the process of swearing public officers into government office.
Okorocha while delivering a lecture at the National Institute for Cultural Orientation, said corruption could be fought if public officers are made to swear through their deities rather than Bible or Quran.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Okorocha saying: “We can fight corruption culturally in the sense that politicians should be made to swear with a deity into office.
Governor Rochas Okorocha
“These deities do not have mercy on anyone once you go contrary to their standard.
“The Bible and Koran are too merciful. That is why some of us do things without conscience knowing that God is merciful and forgiving.”
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The governor argued that culture and economy are intertwined, hence separating one from the other, would lead to evil and the expected good.
He said: “Relegating our way of life to the background in preference for the imported culture is a problem to us.”
Okorocha who spoke on “‘Promoting Culture, Developing the Economy,” at the quarterly lecture of the institute said: “People that go outside their culture have automatically lost their identity. The removal of our culture is a colossal damage done to us by our colonial masters.
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“Culture is a way of life of people. Their food, language, dressing all contributes to give them an identity.
“Countries like China, Japan and India have made great impact with culture and tourism. They use their language to teach all the subjects in schools,” Okorocha said.
He called on stakeholders in the education sector to introduce culture studies into the school curriculum.
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