By Shuaib Agaka
When the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, speaks about social media, his primary concern isn’t data privacy or investment—it’s morality.
In a report by Tech Digest, the country’s top technology regulator was quoted as saying: “We want to see people using it to promote digital safety, to promote content that will build a stronger nation.” He lamented that most Nigerians now use social media purely for entertainment. His words strike at the heart of a growing national crisis: as we become one of the world’s largest social media markets, our moral compass and cultural identity are being shaped by algorithms that reward vanity, vulgarity and viral shock value.
