”The rate at which girls are spending time on the social network is worrisome and this poses an imminent danger to our society.”
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, who spoke today, Sunday, in Sokoto, at the closing ceremony of the 6th National Edition of the Quranic Recitation Competition 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.”
Speaking specifically on the effect of social media to the girls, the Sultan said: “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.”
The traditional called on girls to stop spending too much time on social media at the expense of other engagements that would add more values to their life.
He also advised parents to ensure that their daughters spend more time on meaningful things, like reciting the Holy Qur’an, saying: “doing so will make them better mothers and caregivers.”
The Sultan advised Muslims to desist from doing things capable of tarnishing the image of their religion even as he congratulated the winners of the competition ans donated N10, 000 to each of the 89 participants, while the overall winner, Husna Nura from Katsina State, got N100,000.
The Sultan promised to host the 7th edition of the competition in 2018.
Meanwhile, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state said at the occasion that the competition would encourage girls to memorise the whole sixty chapters of the Holy Qur’an.
Represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Bashir Garba, governor Tambuwal announced a gift of Hajj seat to the overall winner of the competition in addition to N150, 000 and a deep freezer, among other gifts.
Other winners also went home with deep freezers and cash among other items.
Twenty-two states participated in the competition which was dedicated for non-Arabic Girls’ Secondary Schools. It was hosted by the Sokoto State Government.
Source: NAN. [myad]
