Social Media as a Bastion for correcting moral Ills in Nigeria: A Focus on Educational Decadence

摘要

Worried by the soaring incidence of moral decadence in Nigeria’s educational system, this paper takes a look at how the social media could be used to enhance the efforts made to correct the social ills in the society, particularly education-related offences. To accomplish, this objective, the paper discusses the fading fortunes of moral living in the Nigerian society, stating the various forms of immorality which are caused by corruption and indiscipline, bred by greed. The work views the cyberspace as a zone of opportunities; ex-rays the immoral posture of Nigeria; states the strengths and weaknesses as well as the pros and cons of the social media; portrays immoral acts as mountains to be demolished for moral conduct to prevail among Nigerians, especially the youths; and describes the social communication networks which are put to the most use by the youths, the target audience of the book, as a potent instrument for correcting the moral ills of society. Key words: Social media, Bastion, Educational decadence, Moral ills, Nigeria