Our Correspondent Chozuba | January 7 Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) Speaker, Chotisuh Sazo today stressed on the need to focus on economic independence, which he said is of utmost importance now. Sazo said this while addressing the 62nd general session of Chozubami Students Union here coinciding with the 69th general conference of Chakhesang Students Union (CSU). He said with the advancement of science and technology many new technologies have been brought to the state. Many of them have been adapted to local condition but we are yet to update ourselves with many technologies, he stated. “We have to improvise our traditional technologies and upgrade them into our benefit,” he said, adding that the main focus of every nation in today’s world is economic independence. Stating that the Chakhesang people have started to improve their economy through various means, he however lamented that they still lag behind people of other districts and thus continue to be under economically backward category. He also stressed on the need to change the attitude toward professional and commercialized farming to improve agriculture based economy. “From the approach of getting merely general education we must move on to specialized education. Studies and trainings in various professional skills must be encouraged and supported beyond a certain level of education if we are to race with the rest of the world,” he said. A great task lies before you to take our community to a much higher level of economy, he told the students. He further cautioned that “our society is living in a potpourri of cultures which are of native, Indian and western origin. Some of such cultures are negative and even destructive.” Sazo lamented that Naga youth have inculcated negative aspects of outside cultures with the easy access to social media and internet. Stating that there a lot of positive trends in the non-indigenous forms of culture prevailing in Naga society, he said the youth must be encouraged to embrace them. Also stating that there are certain aspects of traditional culture which may not be in tune with the modern world, he however stated: “there is a lot that we can give to the world through the good side of our traditional culture, such as respect for the elderly, honesty, dignity of labour, sincerity etc.” “We must revive these virtues in our hearts and encourage the young to learn to appreciate them,” he encouraged.
