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Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has expressed concern at a development where social media is diverting attention of female students in the country.
Abubakar expressed the feeling in Sokoto, yesterday, at the closing ceremony of the Sixth 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 imminent danger to our society.
“Girls are the nervecentre of our moral and societal development and if they derail, the whole society will be in danger because they are our mothers and care givers.”
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 care givers,” he said.
The monarch also urged Muslims to desist from doing things capable of tarnishing the image of their religion.
In his remarks, Governor Aminu Tambuwal said the competition would encourage girls to memorise the whole 60 chapters of the Holy Qur’an.
