{"id":44921,"date":"2021-06-23T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44921"},"modified":"2021-06-23T14:41:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:41:02","slug":"twitter-is-not-food-focus-on-real-problems-lawmaker-admonishes-nigeria-youths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=44921","title":{"rendered":"Twitter is not food, focus on real problems, Lawmaker admonishes Nigeria youths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fatahu-Muhammad.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of the House of Representatives from the Daura Federal Constituency of Katsina State, Fatahu Muhammad, has admonished Nigerian youths to stop dissipating energy on the ban on micro-blogging platform, Twitter, as it is not the food they need, but to focus on real problems facing the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muhammad who is President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s nephew and represents the President\u2019s constituency, said he was in support of the ban on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/nigerian-govt-insists-twitter-ban-is-in-national-interest-confirms-talks-with-platform\/\">Twitter&nbsp;<\/a>as the site was being used to destabilise the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmaker who spoke on Tuesday during the investigative hearing organised by the House joint committees on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values alongside the National Security, Justice and Commerce, on the suspension of Twitter, expressed his disappointment at Nigerian youths for putting so much emphasis on social media instead of focussing on real issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor God sake, what is social media? Are we eating social media? Let us go back to the resources, and harvest them, and let\u2019s keep this thing aside, and face the real problem in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy colleagues have spoken the mind of their constituents. If I would speak the mind of my constituents, I would include the president, because out of 360 of us, I am the only one voted by the president. Look, Nigeria first, let us be honest to ourselves, let us call a spade a spade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf Twitter was not suspended after they pulled down Buhari\u2019s tweet, the insults to the sovereignty of Nigeria would have been more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe should please regulate the media. If the minister did not ban Twitter on the instruction of the President, the kind of insults to the sovereignty of Nigeria from the users of Twitter would be more than what we are facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet us tell ourselves the truth, Nigeria comes first. Sometimes, when I am reading tweets, I am disappointed with the youths because)m we are the future of Nigeria,\u201d Muhammad added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the House of Representatives from the Daura Federal Constituency of Katsina State, Fatahu Muhammad, has admonished Nigerian youths to stop dissipating energy on the ban on micro-blogging platform, Twitter, as it is not the food they need, but to focus on real problems facing the country. 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