Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo in SR:
We are endowed by our creator with rights. We are given the tools to pursue these rights. The greatest scandal in Third World countries is not the sheer depth of corruption and incompetency swallowing the people of these nations. Instead, it is the gross abdication of responsibilities by citizens of Third World countries to God. It is probably the only difference between the First Worlds and the Third Worlds. The countries that have crawled out of the underdeveloped world into the developing world are those who have assumed the responsibility of making for themselves the kind of country they want.More here
It starts with the separation of religion and state. Whatever God you believe in, the core belief of every religion is that God gave man all the tools he needs to transform his environment. The unfortunate thing is that man has failed to apply himself but, instead, put himself in a subservient position and waiting for God to come down to save him.