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Parents, peer Pressure, Social Media Responsible for Cultural Decay – Institute
Malam Ado Yahuza, the Executive Secretary/CEO, National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), has attributed the “decay and almost extinction” of some of Nigeria’s cultural values to parents, social media and peer pressure.
Yahuza told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that instant information and access to social media spaces and negligence of parents had created negative impact on youths.
He blamed parents for not grooming and instlling the nation’s cultural norms and values in their children and wards before taking on foreign culture, which had affected their socio-economic thinking.
According to him, there is need for the society and government institutions, such as educational, economic and others, to project our cultural before selling foreign cultures.
“The home is supposed to be the first incubator of cultural values in children but the parents have failed to do so because they feel it is a class thing to speak foreign language to their kids.
“This foreign invasion is serious and it is affecting the youth’s being the largest population of the country.
“If the cultural values are not instilled in them the future is doomed because they are the future of this great nation.
“The youth that does not understand the nitty gritty of his culture before imbibing foreign culture will cause a double threat to the norms and values of the nation.
“The influence of the borrowed culture has affected our children’s dressing and most times both male and female go about on the streets dressed like mad people,” he said.
The CEO added that the street language some of the youths communicate with is also not encouraging.
“Our mother tongue and other Nigerian languages should be encouraged because they are very important for the development of the children.
“Other languages such as English and French can be picked from the street,” he said.
He enjoined parents to look inwards and imbibe the cultural norms and values in their children at a young age.
He also admonished all Nigerians to uphold the country’s heritage, bearing in mind the importance of the nation’s culture, norms and values.
Yahuza, however, reiterated the commitment of NICO to continuously create awareness and re- orientation of the citizenry on the importance of upholding the nation’s cultural norms and values. (NAN)
Big Brother Naija reality show star, Queen Mercy Atang, has finally confirmed the crash of her one-year marriage.
The single mother of one got married to David Oyekanmi in March 2024 amid a public dispute with her baby daddy, skit maker Lord Lamba.
A few months after their marriage, Mercy sparked marital crisis rumours after she unfollowed her husband on Instagram and deleted their wedding pictures.
Debunking the speculation, the BBNaija Shine Ya Eye housemate explained, “I was trying to take my marriage off social media and reduce some of the things I put out there.
”However, in a new development on Wednesday, she finally confirmed her separation from David while addressing her marital status in an Instagram comment.
Queen Mercy had shared a new picture of herself from actress Mercy Aigbe’s mother’s burial last week.
Commenting on the photo, a fan, @makachrist, asked, “Queen, hope you are still married because asa, you are too beautiful to be single.”
The reality star replied, “Single and unavailable.”
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Nigerian Afrobeats singer Adedamola Adefolahan, popularly known as Fireboy DML, has opened up about his dating life, revealing that it is chaotic.
Speaking in a recent episode of the Reprezent podcast, the movie star said the messy nature of Lagos dating scene inspired his hit song, ‘Ashawo.
’“In my song ‘Ashawo’ I was trying to paint a picture of what the dating scene is like in Lagos where I live.
It’s a mess,” he explained.On his relationship experience, Fireboy said, “It is chaotic. But I thrive with girls. When I’m under pressure, I usually find balance in girls.”
Fireboy has previously revealed that he was looking forward to suffering a heartbreak in a bid to get inspiration to make more genuine music.
The singer has not publicly confirmed a girlfriend or any romantic relationship
Ace rapper Olamide has revealed the role that late Indigenous rapper, Dagrin, played in his career.
Speaking on the impacts of Dagrin in a recent video broadcast, the YBNL boss admitted that the late rapper influenced him and a lot of other rappers.
Olamide revealed that he listens to Dagrin’s critically acclaimed album, ‘C.
E. O’ for inspiration whenever he is experiencing “writer’s block”.He said, “Dagrin’s ‘C.E.O’ album is a timeless project. That’s the only rap album almost everybody in the south west can sing word for word. Dagrin influenced a lot of rappers, whenever we need motivation, we would go and listen to his album.”
Dagrin died in an auto crash in April 2010.
His music became more popular after his death.
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