UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL NEEDS FOR CULTURAL INDISPENSABILITY IN THE SOCIETY

 

UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL NEEDS FOR CULTURAL INDISPENSABILITY IN THE SOCIETY

A CONCEPT PROPOUNDED IN 2021 BY MBIBI LONGINUS CHINAGOROM AT DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION IN ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY NDUFU-ALIKE, EBONYI STATE IN 2021.

 Written by Mbibi Longinus Chinagorom (PAA)/09124601622

According to Mbibi Longinus Chinagorom (2021) opines that "cultural Indispensability  is the pinnacle of human success that encompasses good virtues of workability in every angle of life and its administration and manifestations".  he further states that this is because it is what human beings cannot do without in the society. Apparently, It is a cultural way of life developed 2021 by Mbibi Longinus Chinagorom at department of Mass Communication in Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ebonyi State to be as a centered hold human behavior in the society.

Thus, this encompasses all the substantial aggregate of moral development and excellence that makes life's administration, position and manifestation to be upright, transparent and accountable before God and humanity. Therefore, it triggers and drives the humanity to have knowledge of their election (bona-fide members) as vital homo sapient in the society that supposed to be reasonable and responsible in all sphere of life. However, it stirs up their realization and inspiration to see themselves as essential component of humanity without whom humanity cannot achieve its objectives.

Subsequently, the existence of cultural indispensability is the idea introduced by Mbibi Longinus Chinagorom to be a clarion call of adaptability to individuals that are existing in human society. This is because every human endeavour has expected end  spiritually, mentally and physically. This creates a dependency of every individual to have a sense of bearings towards moral values, justice, selflessness, honesty, cooperation, self reliance, winning character, etc.

However, suffice me to advocate that value is a moral principle or standard which relates to what is good or bad. Values are enshrined and rooted in society/people's cultural norms, state's/country's laws, individual's principles and religion's doctrines. It is the values that determine a particular society, country, an individual or a religion. In spite of the variations, there are, however, universal values.The global human society expects morality from each person as a member of the society. World religions expect nothing short of good value from their revered adherents while state's and countries use agencies to enforce desirable behaviour. This is applicable to students and lecturers in tertiary institution. A student that has a value cannot belong to any cultism. He or she cannot be a detractive factor towards his or her lecturers. On the other hand, a lecturer that tremendously has a value for morality, humanity and society has no knowledge of sorting syndrome and inspiration of encouraging students to use their confraternity power to intimidating other lecturers or students.

Therefore, strategically speaking, justice connotes the fair treatment of people. It is the quality of being just, impartial righteousness, equitableness or moral rightness to uphold the justice of a cause. It is a vital to understand that cultural indispensability creates values which influence the notion of justice that stimulates its extension of principle which based on each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive total system of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar system of liberty for all. In Nigeria, justice has been buried because of corruption practice. This corruption has become an epidemic in the system that floating every angle including judiciary and even religions that supposed to standing to preach and defend Justice, they therefore have sold their conscious for mammon and other selfish purposes. The used of technicality by barristers and judges in the court of law continue causes miscarriage of justice in the country. Mediocrity is being cherished rather meritocracy in the employment process. As the white man had given to them a rape education in this country, they are acting as a rapist without a sense of equal treatment to the people and the country therein.

Furthermore, selflessness is another vital attribute especially in representation and position of leadership. Selflessness means thinking more about the needs, happiness and suffering of other people than about one's own. It is an ideal virtues whereby one's ego, pride, and selflessness is betrayed and given up. To be truly selfless is to be kind and be good to everybody including yourself and family, friend, fellow students, staff and lecturers, to mention but a few. In political administration, this is where politicians or political holders should remove their political ambiance in representation so that it may not affect the citizens and even the country.

Also, honesty is a positive value. It refers to a face of moral character and denotes positive, virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness and straight forwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating, or theft. This is where family comes in the life of their children whereby parents upbringing their children positively to develop their integrity, moral excellence and honesty as they are sojourning in life and its living.

Cooperation, this is the act of doing something together towards a shared aim or objective. Cooperation exists between individuals, states, nations, continents, institutions, public and private to mention but a few. Wherever and whenever there is cooperation, there is corresponding tolerance, unity, harmony, peace, success, and productivity. On the other hand, lack of cooperation breeds retrogression, backwardness, mutual mistrust, disunity and chaos. In Nigeria today, lack of cooperation has been a problem among different ethnic groups in the country. Thereby instigating marginalization, agitation, nepotism, untrue federalism and violence in the country.

Finally, cultural indispensability encourages self reliance and winning character in the individuals which sets them apart from the crowd. Without these characters traits, people cannot win the battles of life. Life itself is a big race. Especially life as a tertiary institution, student is one of the biggest races of life. This is a race you must have the absolute ingredients needed to achieve victory. That you are a student doesn't meant you should not have positive character attributes. This is the time you need to develop them, and if you do, you can hardly lose them; they will lead you to become a better person for the rest of your life. Cultural indispensability instincts the foresight of self-reliance and winning character in the individuals to be reasonable and then to the society.

Conclusively,  it is pertinent to always realize our obligation and debt to the good virtues that contribute to the development of the society. Cultural indispensability stands a chance in every individual's Life and its lifetimes. This distinct the one individual to another. Therefore, it is good ideal idea of mine to adapt and to allow it to laundry your life and  purpose.