Revamp of Social Institutions in Nigeria: A Pathway for Sustainable National Transformation

Abstract

Social institutions in Nigeria are vehicles for sustainable national development and transformation, hence the need to provide an enabling environment for their smooth sailing. A pathway for sustainable national transformation is a wake-up call for improvement in social institutions, such as education, economics, politics, religion, and family, for national development. This is because no nation can develop in negligence of its social institutions, which are prerequisites for national transformation. To this end, the revamp of education,
religion, economy, politics, and family are necessary for national transformation and development. The paper, therefore, delved into the roles of social institutions as vanguards for national transformation. It behoves of the government to unlock all challenges that militate against the meaningful development of social institutions. The paper outlined the roles of social institutions as sustainability, inspiration, guidance, motivation, and regulation
of behaviors. Also, the challenges include elite resistance, conflict of interests, lack of political will, constitutional rigidity, and leadership. The paper finally concludes that social institutions in Nigeria be fully revamped as they are the nexus of society and suggests, among
other things, that every segment of social institution has the capacity for development. No one segment of the social institution should be denied full support, and neither should anyone be rated superior to the other.