Social Media; A Great Weapon
The Nigeria we find ourselves today call for immediate and impactful show of concern from the youth who are the supposed leaders of tomorrow which is yet to come.
Yes! I know that the country is not what we wished it to be, but our show of "I don't care attitude" (normal naija way) has actually caused us more harm than good. We place our strength on things that are less important to the progress of the the country of our dream.
It was just of recent that it dawned on me that our country is actually heading for a doom if the youth we have today are actually the ones to take over the mantle of the political arena of tomorrow. I smell doom worse than what we face now.
Kobe Bryant died of recent and the whole internet went agog, whereas Boko haram murdered some innocent Nigerians in cold blood recently but it did not trend on twitter or posted on Instagram nor Facebook. The hypocrisy practised by this country is in the high side, to the extent that those who don't even know Kobe posted their lies about him.
I just hope that we would all rise and make the best use of our social media for the good of the general society. Schools will go on strike but students cannot go on twitter to make the strike issue trend so that the government can rise to the rescue or even the international society.
With the use of social media, the continued detainment of Sowore got to the notice of US government and they intervened but the youth of this country derive joy in posting pictures up and down and not using their social media handle for the general good of the public.
We can make this work if we see the power and strength of the social media. Just as Pen is a sword to a Journalist, so also we can make the social media our VOICE. Let us harness the power of social media and put it to greater use for the progress of this country NIGERIA.
The Nigeria we find ourselves today call for immediate and impactful show of concern from the youth who are the supposed leaders of tomorrow which is yet to come.
Yes! I know that the country is not what we wished it to be, but our show of "I don't care attitude" (normal naija way) has actually caused us more harm than good. We place our strength on things that are less important to the progress of the the country of our dream.
It was just of recent that it dawned on me that our country is actually heading for a doom if the youth we have today are actually the ones to take over the mantle of the political arena of tomorrow. I smell doom worse than what we face now.
Kobe Bryant died of recent and the whole internet went agog, whereas Boko haram murdered some innocent Nigerians in cold blood recently but it did not trend on twitter or posted on Instagram nor Facebook. The hypocrisy practised by this country is in the high side, to the extent that those who don't even know Kobe posted their lies about him.
I just hope that we would all rise and make the best use of our social media for the good of the general society. Schools will go on strike but students cannot go on twitter to make the strike issue trend so that the government can rise to the rescue or even the international society.
With the use of social media, the continued detainment of Sowore got to the notice of US government and they intervened but the youth of this country derive joy in posting pictures up and down and not using their social media handle for the general good of the public.
We can make this work if we see the power and strength of the social media. Just as Pen is a sword to a Journalist, so also we can make the social media our VOICE. Let us harness the power of social media and put it to greater use for the progress of this country NIGERIA.
This is Nigeria!
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