THE BLAME SYNDROME AND A NIGERIAN’s SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LESSONS FROM AIESEC!!! CULLED FROM AIESEC NIGERIA NEWS LETTER.
THE BLAME SYNDROME AND A NIGERIAN’s SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LESSONS FROM AIESEC!!! January 31, 2011 | Comments (2) By Akintujoye, Ayo Bankole The basic nature of man is to act, and not be acted upon. To take responsibility, as we say and do in AIESEC, to be proactive,to choose! However,this is not the case in our society as individuals at several levels in our society choose to be acted upon and succumb to reactive,as against proactive behaviour, which unfortunately is the root of our socio-economic backwardness. It amuses me when I see youths,who belong to the most energetic age group fail to act and make things happen but rather choose to lay back and let things happen to them, and then push the BLAME on the nearest person or thing. It further fascinates me when I see that this Blame syndrome has eaten so deep into our fabric that it has become cultural,even spiritual! Our children BLAME their parents/guardian for sending them to...