{"id":21562,"date":"2019-01-28T11:08:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T10:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ng\/?p=21562"},"modified":"2019-01-28T11:08:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T10:08:56","slug":"simi-says-social-media-politics-in-nigeria-is-time-wasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ng\/simi-says-social-media-politics-in-nigeria-is-time-wasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Simi Says Social Media Politics in Nigeria is Time Wasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singer, Simi has commented on the way Nigerians use social media to play politics. According to her, she has issues with social media politics in Nigeria because people tend to waste time focusing on irrelevant things. People get carried away by the anonymous power given by social media, she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, people tend to attack those with views that are not in line with theirs. The world is leaving Nigeria behind, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Simi&#8217;s tweets below;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>my issue with social media politics in Nigeria is we get so carried away by the anonymous power social media gives us, that we tend to waste so much time focusing on the least important things. Things that basically have no long term impact&#8217;.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More tweets:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive text-center\" src=\"https:\/\/alexis.lindaikejisblog.com\/photos\/shares\/5c4d708b3e2f4.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive text-center\" src=\"https:\/\/alexis.lindaikejisblog.com\/photos\/shares\/5c4d70998dc07.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"meta\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer, Simi has commented on the way Nigerians use social media to play politics. 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