Arewa Youths Forum, MURIC demand ban of BBNaija, say it is immoral, calamitous

By Bukola Hameed

The Arewa Youths Advisory Forum and Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC have, on separate occasions demanded the ban of the BBNaija show, by the federal government of Nigeria.

They described the reality TV show as an abomination, open vulgarity, immortality and a great calamity.

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on its part said the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show is an abomination which should be banned by the Federal Government.

MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, who spoke on Saturday in Lagos said the body had always kicked against the reality show.

He said the problem in Nigeria was that people did not learn lessons from past mistakes and that Nigerians tended to idolise idleness and immorality.

“We pick thugs as heroes and ritualists as our models. Our youths today have missed the road; what they are interested in is not what can make the country great. What do we get to gain from open vulgarity, open nudity, the spread of shamelessness?

“BBNaija is an exhibition of licentiousness. It is a pity. There used to be a time in this country when the military and the police would compel badly dressed, indecently dressed women and even men to go back home and dressed properly,” he told The Punch in an interview.

According to Akintola, Nigerians are crying over insecurity, immorality, indecency that they were the ones who invited it.

“We all should come together – Muslim clerics, Christian clergy, we should come together and demonstrate openly against BBNaija. Neither the Qur’an nor the Bible encourages it. We should not keep silent,” he said.

Akintola urged the government to ban BBNaija, saying that the people are the government and that there are no people without the youths.

He said BBNaija is misleading the youths, encouraged robbery and insecurity, lamenting that the reality show is awarding millions of naira to young guys, awarding free cars and making young ones to salivate back home, wishing they had something like that sudden wealth.

“The Federal Government should wake up because no state government can ban it. If the Federal Government ban BBNaija, it will be like Twitter, which will be good riddance to bad rubbish.

“Twitter was banned for promoting insecurity and BBNaija should be banned for promoting immorality, indecency and corruption. We are fighting corruption; it will be part of our fight against corruption to ban BBNaija; it is national disgrace,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Arewa Youths Advisory Forum has earlier called on the Federal Government to ban the reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, saying it is a calamity.

The National President of the forum, Yerima Shettima, made this known while speaking to newsmen on Friday, August 6, 2021.

Shettima said, “It is a calamity for me. I never believed in BBNaija and I don’t think it’s fair because the show is an act of immorality. Such a spectacle should not be encouraged.

“I have often said that this show encourages immorality and that the Nigerian government should ban it. It should not be allowed to be broadcast in our country.

“A lot of people are watching to see acts of immorality, these sexual things flaunting their nudity, and they made it look like a ‘blue film’, so that is to be discouraged.”