Ọmụmụ omenala Igbo na ngalaba GS nke mmahadum ọ ka: Uru naolileanya ya nye ndị ntorobịa

Abstract

In some developing countries like Nigeria, it is very difficult to have a good  governace and permanent growth and development because of the bad attitude of some people in the leadership positions, which was as a result of their poor  up-bringing. Every tribe of the world has some good ways through which they bring up their young ones. It was observed that some tribes in Nigeria such as Igbo people have delegated their cultural way of bringing-up their children to the  background because of civilization and this is why corruption and immoral life have become the order of the day. That is, the good morals and values Nigerians in  general and Igbo people in particular were known for had been thrown into waste bin hence, the moral decay that is rampant not only in Igbo land but also in the nation at large. These days, moral decadence has been the virus that has eaten deep into the fabrics of our culture, which has become plague to our values thus affecting every facet of country, thereby hindering economic growth and development. It has  become a huge problem in Igbo land and in Nigeria as a whole. In Igbo culture, it is believed that the training of a child is the duty of every adult because every child is seen as community child. They also believe that a child that was given a good cultural training will be able to fit and perform well in anything he or she finds him or herself thereby being useful to the society where he or she leaves. This write-up therefore upholds that if there will be good governance, growth and development in the nation, different tribes of the nation especially Igbo people should get back to some of the good cultural ways that were used in those days in training our young ones. This is why this topic was chosen to showcase the importance of culture in training the children and the effects it will make in their life in future.