"THE SOCIAL MEDIA IS IMPACTING THE UPCOMING NIGERIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION"

Some Nigerians talk without using any valid and credible statistical data to back up their claims. Some Nigerians say things like these; "Elections are not won on the Facebook page", "You are just an arm-chair social media activist", "Nigerians on the Facebook do not vote" and so on and so forth. The truth that most Nigerians may not be aware of is that 67 million Nigerians or about 38% of the national population of Nigerians used the Internet as of December 31, 2013. About 11 million Nigerians are now on the Facebook and making it the largest Facebook users in Africa. About 6 million of those Facebook users are under 25 years of age. The two leading presidential candidates in the next month presidential election in Nigeria, the incumbent President Jonathan Goodluck and the opposition politician, General Muhammadu Buhari are both highly active with their campaign updates on the social media. The popular Nigeria's pastors, Nollywood stars, businesses and companies are all actively on the social media, such as, Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Any Nigerian who still think that Facebook does not have any impact on the leaders of Nigeria, her politics, the incoming presidential elections in 2015 and in the governance of Nigeria is still living in the 20th century in our world of the 21st century ‪#‎SocialMediaHaveImpactOnNigeriaAndNigerians‬