In Nigeria, you can’t do anything without bribery – Pat Utomi

Renowned political-economist and ‎founder of the Centre for Values in
Leadership, CVL, Prof. Pat Utomi has decried the collapse of culture
in Nigeria "where you don't do anything without bribery."

He stated this while delivering the first of the lecture series
organised by the Students Affairs Department of the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, College of Medicine, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, with
the theme: "Excellence in character and learning as a tool for
restoration of the dignity of man.

According to him, "If we do things with commitment, there is no
stopping us. With the will to dare, if you can dream it, you can make
it. Seize every opportunity. Do not procrastinate. Nothing is
impossible. It is only your will that can stop you."

Utomi stated that he had wanted to be a pilot, but ended up an
academic and intellectual. He urged the students "to blend character
with learning to be a wholesome man, which in the long run would make
for a wholesome society."