President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Nigerians against the dangers associated with the misuse of social media.
Buhari in his national broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 58th Independence Anniversary in Abuja on Monday,
frowned at the way and manner the social media was being misused to provoke passions and stir tensions.
He described it as an abuse of the new technologies, warning all
well-meaning citizens to learn how to use modern technologies for the
general good of the nation.
Buhari said: “Now we have in our hands technology that is a powerful
tool that we can and should use for knowledge and understanding.
“As with other countries, we must also learn how to manage those
tendencies that, instead, look to abuse new technologies to provoke
passions and stir tensions.
“Never before have we faced such a challenge. We must all rise to the
responsibility of shutting out those disruptive and corrosive forces
that hide in today’s world of social media. We need critical minds and
independent thinking, to question and question until we are satisfied we
have the facts.
“Otherwise, all the progress we have made as a democracy since 1999 is at stake.”