Abuja, 21 April, 2021 / 4:40 pm (ACI Africa).
Young people in Nigeria have been urged to use social media for the development of the country and to desist from engaging such platforms to cause animosity and violence in the West African country.
In a three-day workshop on “Improving Communication Strategies in the Catholic Media in Nigeria”, which Agenzia Fides reported Tuesday, April 20, the National Director of Social Communications at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Fr. Mike Umoh, cautioned the youth in Africa’s most populous nation against the circulation of destructive audio and video messages that, he said, could further create tension and violence in the country.
Nigeria continues to experience many forms of violence, key among them perpetrated by Islamist group Boko Haram and the militant Fulani herdsmen.
Other acts of violence have been reported among young people who feel aggrieved owing to lack of jobs in the country that continues to experience rising levels of poverty and corruption.
In his report titled, “Overcoming the challenges of Social Media use in the mission of the Church in Nigeria”, Fr. Umoh urged young people to engage social media for a positive development of the country in order to guarantee unity and peaceful coexistence of its citizens.
