WHERE ARE THE SOCIAL MEDIA "GURUs"?

BY FESTUS FIFEN.

It was on a sunday afternoon, after returning from church I decided to take a look at a weblink one of my junior colleague in this  profession UK as I call her  sent to me days back. Ukachi Chukwu had written an article about what she referred to as  the failure of Nigerians to attend the  senate public hearing on the controversial social media bill which so many have described as an infringement on the fundamental human right of every Nigerian especially as it has to do with expressing their opinion through available medium. 

Ukachi  raised some  Thought provoking issues in that piece  that got me thinking especially the failure of most social media "commandos" to be physically present in that hearing to defend their stand on the issue especially as it affects them in particularly and Nigerians as a whole.

The frivolousness Petition Bill popularly called the anti social media bill could be laid to rest if all stakeholders come to discourse the salient points and address the grey areas to fine tune it for the good of all.

Nigeria is a country of "blame the other man" or blame the government for every failure you experience in life either directly or indirectly someone just have to take the blame.  

This attitude of  blame game is what has brought Nigeria to where she is today as a nation,  where it seems  as if nothing will  ever  work again. The value system is badly affected, institutions can no longer impart the needed knowledge, integrity, diligence, sense of hard work and  dedication;   being upright is no longer fashionable   because we celebrate the wrong values.

One would have expected that those social media 'champions' who use hash tag '#' "on per second Billing" will come out to speak against the proposed bill; but you know what? I am not surprised at all, at least I am not a stranger in this country where suffering and smiling is the order of the day if I am to use the words of the late afrobeat king, Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

Sometimes people just shout foul for the fun of it, Social activism in Nigeria mostly is a job scouting venture for some people, They don't do it because they love Nigeria, they do it because they want to be heard and be called for settlement later in a  round table. Once they get appointments the social activism ends, they begin to sing a different song, using words like ' I now know better'

Nigeria is on her way to being great again, let's stand for what we believe, irrespective of race region and religion. Put your money, your strength and resources where your mouth is, Fight because it is the right thing to do, not because you have a chance of benefiting from the problem.

YOU ARE EITHER INFECTED OR AFFECTED.