REVIVING THE SPIRIT OF HONESTY.

In the past, dissemination of information and fact finding was a great challenge for most people especially the youths who needed to make different researches on various topics pertaining to their course of study, people’s way of life, and sometimes the ecosystem i.e. the environment we all live in.

Little did we know that all these problems we faced in our quest to getting solutions to most of these researches is going to be a thing of the past until the advent of the internet.

So many of us are now exposed to the various uses of the World Wide Web as it now solves many of the problems we encounter when making researches. We all give kudos to the originator of the internet till date. But because of the vast use of this powerful machine of our time which has made almost all things pertaining to information easily assessable, some youths have devised various fraudulent ways of its use ranging from cybercrimes such as illegal hacking of accounts, duping of valuables such as money from various individuals, faking of identity online, scamming and many other cyber related offences.

Many cyber café operators have been closed down because of police harassment or have adopted strict conditions on its services to the public just because of the devastating use of the internet mostly by some of us. Recently, five undergraduates were arrested by the police for various cybercrimes.

We need to look deep down inside of ourselves and have a great re-think as the future leaders of tomorrow. This unholy verge on acquiring fast wealth won’t lead us anywhere. It would only tarnish our reputation slowly and destroy that honest spirit in us. Have you ever had a deep thought on the phrase “what ever you work for lasts for long”? If you have, you would at least agree with me that patience pays.

Let us all embrace the genuine benefits that the internet has got in stock for us as there are more legal ways of making a living online rather than using various dishonest means to get wealthy.

Shun any act of dishonesty in you as being honest has a greater role to play in protecting your identity.