Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi, has warned Nigerian parents to watch over what their wards view on social media.

Speaking at the 10th Annual Ramadan lecture organized by Voice of Nigeria (VON), NTA and FRCN, in Kaduna, Emir Sanusi linked forceful marriage of the girl-child, Boko Haram insurgent and similar social vices in Nigeria to exposure of youths to information technology and social media. 

“They learn Islam from videos they watch on Facebook and after 14 to 15 hours watching new things they need to become jihadist.

“They get up and go to Iraq or Syria or somewhere and join the groups, and there are no controls.

“Right inside your house, your son can be sitting upstairs in the bedroom getting indoctrinated into an extremist group without your knowledge. We need to watch what our children watch. And we need to talk to them.

“If we do not give them the correct Islamic education, they will find the wrong education on the Internet.

“Now, this is very important because we have spent so much time in ignorance. I know we must send our children to school to acquire Western education which is very important.

“You have children going to England and becoming radicalised in America on the Internet not only in the muslim countries.

“So we need to make sure that we give our children correct Islamic education especially to take them away from religion extremism.

“In the 21st century, the Muslim ummah is facing enormous challenges," he added.

Source: VANGUARD