IGBOSCHOLARS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IGBO SCHOLARS FORUM, NIGERIA

National issues of moral decay in the private and public spheres of life in Nigeria have reached deplorable conditions despite increased religiosity and the fattest rate of phenomenal growth in religious participation in Nigeria. Similarly, the deplorable state of decay explains monumental corruption, avarice, kidnapping, armed robbery, terrorism, child trafficking and abuse, and other forms of unpatriotic acts. Issues of national concern have either not been seen as issues of morality and ethics or have not been sustained due to political instability. Consequently, there is a fall in moral standards and the observed change in value system has negative effects on people, institutions and relationship in Nigeria. The focus of this paper is to examine the imperative of moral education for sustainable development in Nigeria. Primary and secondary data were employed and interpreted through analytical, descriptive and phenomenological methods. The findings show that there is a serious decline in morals which explains the uncomplimentary attitude of Nigerians to issues bordering on sustainable development. The need for revived and sustained moral education is a collective responsibility which entails all hands on deck in this moral rebirth through character education in Nigeria.

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