Uzodimma’s spokesman, Nwachuku, admonishes youths against wrong use of internet

The Chief Press Secretary/ Special Adviser (Media) to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Oguwike Nwachuku, has admonished the youths against l the use of internet for information that are not credible and verifiable.

Nwachuku said internet facilities, if put to positive courses, will benefit the users in ways that are unimaginable and advised the youths to think about it.

Speaking on the theme – Information Sourcing through the internet: What to believe – as Guest speaker at the inauguration of executive members/ youth summit of Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) at the weekend in Owerri, Nwachuku said it is regrettable that the bulk of the fake and unfaithful reports emanating from the internet were from the youths.

“They belong to this era we call internet age. And they are the demography that has been caught by the new media fever or bug.”

The CPS said the global village predicated 58 years ago by Canadian thinker/philosopher and media theorist, Herbert Marshall McLuhan, which the internet is playing a key role as source of information, entails that the facility can only be used to advance the positive courses of humanity.

Nwachuku cited several instances where the youths have used the internet to propagate fake news and forgeries that directly affected his office and that of the Governor, noting that by doing so, the authors deceived their audience and painted a different picture of the internet.

He advised the youths to desist from such acts except they will be comfortable to have their credibility, life aspiration and future ruined.

Nwachuku also called on parents, churches, schools, community leaders to implore their wards and the youths to run away from negative thoughts because they are a sin against God and mankind.

Other speakers include Dr. Mrs. Nnah Ann who spoke on – My generation as a peninsula for sustainable development – and former Owerri Capital Development Authority General Manager, Engr. Innocent Ikpamezie who spoke on – Youth and participation in politics.

The Amb. Robert Kennedy Asuzu-led Imo State YOWICAN executive was thereafter inaugurated by the leadership of CAN ably represented by Rev Divine Eches Divine, Chairman of CAN in Imo State, Hon. Amb. Belusochukwu Enwere, National Chairman of YOWICAN, Pastor Bede Nwoko, CAN Director if Education, Youth and Women Development among others.