Sultan Of Sokoto Raises Alarm Over What Social Media Is Doing To Nigerian Girls

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, has expressed concern at a development where social media are diverting the attention of students in the country.

Abubakar expressed the feeling in Sokoto on Sunday at the closing ceremony of the 6th National Edition of the Quranic Recitation Competition.

The Sultan said: “There is a disturbing development where the attention of students is being diverted from their studies.

“This is through the use of various social media like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, 2Go and Instagram, among others,’’ he said

The traditional ruler urged youths, particularly girls, to stop spending too much time on social media at the expense of other engagements that would add more values to their life.

”The rate at which girls are spending time on social network is worrisome and this poses an imminent danger to our society.

“Girls are the nerve centre of our moral and societal development and if they derail, the whole society will be in danger because they are our mothers and caregivers.”

Abubakar advised parents to ensure that their daughters spend more time on meaningful things, like reciting the Holy Qur’an.

”Doing so will make them better mothers and caregivers’’.

The monarch also urged Muslims to desist from doing things capable of tarnishing the image of their religion.