Some parents in Lagos have decried the growing abuse of the social network, Facebook, noting that the medium was promoting immoral acts among the youths.

Facebook is a social network on the internet that connects individuals.

A cross section of parents interviewed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday, said that the youths had neglected the positive aspects of the network.

Mrs Gladys Ohanu, the Principal of Young Covenant Group of Schools, described development as sad as almost “every youth is on the Facebook”.

According to her, the original intention of the site was commendable, but expressed disappointment that it has been jettisoned by the youths.

Ohanu said that it was shocking that even under aged secondary school students were also involved in the menace, adding that many minors were using it as an avenue to enter into sexual relationship.

She advised parents and guardians to adopt measures to guide their children and wards in the right direction.

Mr Isaac Nvene, a Lagos-based lawyer, said that another dimension to the social menace of the Facebook was pinging on BlackBerry phones.

He said that even children between the ages of 12 and 15, who were considered minors by law, were now boasting of having the opposite sex as their “BB mates”.

Nvene said that youths now chat recklessly on the network, even while walking on roads as if they were not well brought up.

“You see them pinging on the streets, in commercial buses, on the roads and most surprisingly inside the church,” he said.NAN