We need energy, imagination, political will, professional ethics and personal integrity to build a nation, brick by brick, word by word, person by person and generation by generation.

Those were the words of University of Fiji lecturer Professor Satendra Nandan while addressing a forum last night on the role of religion in the formation of citizens in a multicultural society.

Professor Nandan said identity is a vital topic for Fiji at the moment and how the citizens could be assisted through a common national name.