Contrary to what many people believe, social media has not affected our day-to-day lives.
Experts say it is hard to label a specific moment or the impact it has had on our lives. But some experts, like those at the police, have explained that social media has changed and changed drastically over the years.
Asked about how social media has affected how we live, Finance Minister Obasi Dorjia last week said, “I think social media has changed very quickly over the years. As an individual and especially as a government, we have witnessed a change over the years.
Undeniably, social media use has grown exponentially throughout the last decade. This increase in usage has attracted a great deal of academic interest. Researchers seek to understand better the impacts that adolescents and young adults may experience due to social networking site (SNS) usage.
“But it is not impossible to refer back to when Facebook was at its peak and even Instagram, but its usage has reduced to social media. Twitter is also trending a lot nowadays, even for political reasons.
“But I know that using social media is essential because it gives a medium to your ideas, passions to implement and grow in our life on the daily basis to get updated and also priorities for example in my capacity as Finance Minister as a public officer, I’m able to give my point of view by being able to post what I like whenever I like.”
On January 23 last year, when the FIs put the wage bill under review, they learned of a new tactic of undermining them using social media.
Since 2018, the federal government has not have given any official position on the recovery of abducted girls. The girls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, and so far, about 250 of them have been dead. The federal government has not been able to find out the whereabouts of all the girls as it has always promised.
Social media is used daily for funding, advertising, and distribution of whatever. Social media is quite powerful and can undoubtedly impact anything, mainly if it is mass and obvious.
Social media has changed how businesses are run.
Social media has been crucial in political participation. The emergence of political, social media platforms like Facebook groups and Instagram provides a platform where Nigerians can share their opinions and opinions to the effect of their government and effectively influence their government, as demonstrated in many governments in the world. Social media has also played a key role in understanding democracy. Even to the extent of determining the number of NPP and APC parties in a particular local government.
The use of social media in financial planning has become very important. The importance of social media in planning has been many people’s experiences. For example, financial planners who use social media for marketing or initiating financial products like policies and services have interacted more effectively with people and have increased their access to clients.
In 2018, a ranking used by Forbes magazine saw social media as one of the most critical factors influencing financial planning.
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