The Sultan of Sokoto, Amirul Mumineen Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III has expressed concern at how girls spend so much time on social media. According to him, the consistent use of social media is diverting the attention of students in the country, especially girls. The Sultan made this known while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 6th National Edition of the Quranic Recitation Competition. Sultan of Sokoto advices girls to recite Qur’an instead of spending so much time on social media.
He 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. The rate at which girls are spending time on social network is worrisome and this poses imminent danger to our society.”
Sultan of Sokoto advices girls to recite Qur’an instead of spending so much time on social media
Speaking further, the Sultan advised parents to ensure that their daughters spend more time on meaningful things, like reciting the Holy Qur’an.
He said, “Doing so (reciting the Holy Qur’an), will make them better mothers and caregivers. Girls are the nerve center of our moral and societal development and if they derail, the whole society will be in danger because they are our mothers and caregivers,” Alhaji Abubakar noted.
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Abubakar III is the 20th Sultan of Sokoto, the titular ruler of Sokoto in northern Nigeria, head of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (Society for the Support of Islam – JNI), and president-general of the Nigerian National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).
As Sultan of Sokoto, the 61-year-old is considered the spiritual leader of Nigeria’s seventy-million Muslims, roughly fifty percent of the nation’s population.
Sa’adu Abubakar succeeded his brother, Muhammadu Maccido, who died on ADC Airlines Flight 53, the flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and had been destined for Sokoto.
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