₦airaland Forum

YULETIDE: OKOWAS AIDE CAUTIONS YOUTHS AGAINST INCITEFUL STATEMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

The Special Assistant to the Delta state Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Social Media Comrade Godspower Omafuvwe Asiuwhu has cautioned youths against making statements that can lead to the breakdown of law and order in the country especially during the yuletide. "Upon critical examination, I have noticed with total dismay the way our youths make hateful statements at different social media platform and it is, to put it most mildly, very very disappointing. This uncouth write ups may not be aimed at dividing the unity of our great state and by extension the country, but that is exactly what it is doin . It is absurd that even the learned and well informed amongst them engage in this disheartening practice without the fear of God or man."
The eloquent Comrade who spoke to journalists recently at Asaba, the Delta state capital, did not mince words while making his position known. "Youths nowadays do not think of the implication of statements being made on public forum where thousands of anonymous readers come to gather information. Good a thing that some sites like Nairaland have updated their rules for the betterment of humanity especially as regards the IPOB issue where some uncultured Nigerians had the boldness to call their motherland a 'zoo'. Although we all fight for freedom of speech but freedom that cannot be controlled is more worrisome than total bondage" he added.
"The social media should be a medium to call the government of the day to order when they go wrong, it should be used to make creative implementable suggestions.Our youths should learn to proffer solutions to problems via the internet and not using the internet to cause problems" he concluded.
He also used the opportunity to wish Deltans a merry Christmas.

Thank you S.A