African Moral Education and Poverty Reduction for Inclusive Development in Nigeria

Abstract

The issues of inadequate attention to African moral education and poverty have been a strenuous concern in Nigeria. African moral values have lack to promote mutual welfare, growth, creativity, and meaning, striving for what is good over what is bad and what is right over what is wrong in our contemporary society. Hence, nonchalant attitudes of parents, society, school and government with regards to African moral education have resulted to high rate of broken homes in our societies, rapid population growth which caused reduction in per capita income. The issue of poverty in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized. The researcher used descriptive phenomenological approach in this work. It was discovered that most parents are unable to train their children due to some cultural beliefs; consequently, moral education has been skipped in Nigerian educational system while government has failed to diversify the economy in order to create job opportunities for eradication of poverty. Meanwhile, if adequate attention is given to the necessary polices enacted by the government to tackle poverty and moral education, Nigeria would experience boom in all the sectors which will bring about inclusive development.