Youths and social media

• Published date: 12 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Young people are the greatest asset and future of every nation. Therefore, they must be considered in societal decision-making and politics, among others.

Young people are supposed to be fun-filled and work with great enthusiasm while enjoying their youthful exuberance. It's the best time to prepare for a bright future and if the road is missing at that very stage of life, one may unlikely have another opportunity to make a difference in life. We should utilise this rare opportunity and make our lives productive, impactful and plan for better days ahead.

Unfortunately, it's sad how young people nowadays have engaged in having negative thoughts that the only way to measure up with their peers is to involve themselves in social vices and illegal acts that will certainly end up destroying their future.

Consequently, many young people get depressed, become anxious ensure low self-esteem, and get disappointed in their current achievements because they feel they are not doing enough. This is very dangerous because they even go as far as having suicidal thoughts because of what they see social media, there is 'Behind the scene' for every social media success story which they won't show you, a life of deceit, lies fraudulent and deceptive character that is valueless and a menace to society.

Ideally, cyberspace, the internet, and, social media, in particular, were created to ease communication and to stay connected with friends and also meet new...