Nigeria’s Post-Master General, Adebisi Adegbuyi has said
that a lot of students in the country fail English Language because of the
usage of social media.
He was speaking during the presentation of award to winners
of the 2016 Letter Writing Competitions, organized in Plateau.
Adegbuyi stated that students were used to communicating
with short codes on their phones and it had become a part of them.
“It is worrisome that students cannot spell words correctly;
they are more used to short codes and symbols they use in sending Short Message
Service (SMS) on their mobile phones,” Adegbuyi said.
He added: “The students send messages through social media
platforms like the WhatsApp, BBM, and SMS using short-codes and symbols; when
they are faced with spelling the full word, they find it very difficult.”
Adegbuyi was represented by Omo Emmanuel, the Assistant
Post-Master General (Marketing).
He also advised the students to continually write letters
and improve their grammar.
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