News Investigators/ Umar Pate, Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Kashere, Gombe State, has urged Muslim faithful to take advantage of new media to propagate Islamic values in the world.
Prof. Pate made the call on Sunday at the inauguration of the newly elected executives of the Adamawa Muslim Council in Yola.
He said, with the Internet, within a second, people can connect with anyone in the world due to the progress recorded as a result of technology.
According to him, in the next five years 92 million jobs would vanish as the result of Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots and other advanced developments, adding that currently, 120 million new jobs were created.
He added, “The new media can take a person to Paradise if used positively and it can also lead someone to hellfire when used negatively.”
Prof. Pate advised the people to be careful in handling new media to shun from hate speeches, fake news, passing misinformation and malinformation to one another.
“It’s good to have knowledge of handling new media for effective utilisation to promote Da’awa, coordination, announcements and skills development among others,” he said.
In his remarks, Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, tasked the new executives to ensure justice and fairness in their leadership for more success.
Mr Fintiri, who was represented by his Commissioner, Ministry of Housing, Abdullahi Pranbe, called on clerics to propagate Islam without bias and advised them to be controlling their utterances while preaching to their followers.
He further commended the council for their positive contributions of promoting peaceful co-existence in the state.
Barkindo Mustapha, Lamido of Adamawa, represented by Ahmed Rufa’i, Wali Adamawa, congratulated the new executives and urged them to redouble their efforts to ensure unity among the Muslims for more success in propagating Islam.
In his acceptance speech, the Chairman of the council, Alhaji Gambo Jika, thanked the Muslim groups for the confidence reposed in them to lead it for the second time.
He assured that they would continue doing their best to ensure unity and progress in the discharge of their responsibilities
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