Social Media Eroding Family Values – Sultan

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has raised concerns that corruption, illicit wealth, and unregulated societal media erode household subject and weaken Nigeria’s motivation foundation.
Speaking connected Monday astatine the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, during the opening of Exercise Haske Biyu 2025, which has the taxable “Family and National Security,” the Sultan said the household remains the astir captious instauration of nationalist security.

He described the household arsenic “the smallest yet astir important gathering artifact of society,” stressing that anemic families nutrient anemic communities portion beardown families prolong peaceful and resilient nations.
According to him, astir values that signifier a unafraid and disciplined nine are acquired during aboriginal puerility wrong the family.

“The satellite has not and volition ne'er invent thing to regenerate the family,” helium declared.

The Sultan traced the relation of household values successful governance backmost to the Sokoto Caliphate, noting that Sheikh Abdullahi’s writings connected kid upbringing served arsenic the Caliphate’s societal policy.

He urged Nigerians to gully contented from their past alternatively of relying solely connected overseas models.

He warned that modern threats—including unchecked integer content, cause abuse, and the pursuit of illicit wealth—were undermining parental guidance and exposing children to antagonistic influences.

To code these challenges, helium called for stronger matrimony advisory councils, reforms successful basal acquisition to emphasise values, effectual cause control, and tighter regularisation of harmful online content.

He besides urged the authorities to guarantee nary kid is near retired of school, stressing the request for due backing of institutions liable for tackling the out-of-school children crisis.

The Sultan appealed to President Bola Tinubu and different leaders to instrumentality the family–security transportation much seriously, cautioning that Nigeria’s occupation is not a deficiency of ideas but a deficiency of governmental volition to instrumentality solutions.

He prayed for the country’s leaders and urged sincerity of intent successful rebuilding families, which helium described arsenic the surest mode to unafraid Nigeria’s future.