A senior lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State, Dr Saheed Sanusi, has called on parents as well as religious and political leaders to do more to instill moral values in youths for the sake of Nigeria’s future.
Dr Sanusi made the call in a lecture at the closing of the 12th annual Holiday Islamic Course of the Standard Bearers Islamic Organisation held on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said parents and religious and political leaders as well have a big role to play in shaping the future of young citizens through proper parenting and tutelage that will impact positively on the society at large.
According to him, Prophet Mohammad remains the model and moral compass for all Muslims and indeed humanity.
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The don urged young people to embrace godliness and exemplary lifestyles and become agents that will help in tackling moral decadence in the contemporary society.
He advised youths to shun anti-social behaviours like substance abuse and disrespect to elders and constituted authority, saying hands must be on deck to achieve a society brimming with God-conscious and responsible future leaders.
Dr Sanusi called for the regulation of social media services and appealed to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to regulate broadcast programmes to avoid the transmission of negative contents to the public.
The coordinator of the organisation in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Idris Oduyemi, said the week-long programme was to aid the spiritual and academic growth of the participants.
“This is a yearly programme that we do and we have been on it since 2012. This is the 12th edition and Alhamdulilah, it has been a success. We have trained lot of our youths. We have tried as much as possible to give them the needed support through trainings, counseling and support,” he said.
“We have more than 300 delegates for this edition, male and female from senior secondary school as well as fresh graduates. We have been consistent in December except during the Covid 19 pandemic when we conducted it online,” Oduyemi said.
