TRENDING: Hilarious Reactions (MURIC) Trail Petition For Big Brother Naija Show Ban

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Social media users on Friday reacted to the call by the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) to ban reality television show, Big Brother Naija (BBN).

The Muslim body had written a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari calling on him to ensure that the Federal Government stops the airing of the television show.

MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola in the petition labeled the show as ‘immoral, dangerous and bohemian’

They also wondered why the Ministry of Information and Culture and the National Orientation Agency are doing nothing over the show.

This petition sparked a reaction from social media users who took to Twitter to express
Read tweets below…




Hunger, depression, child bride, poor economy are the major challenges in the country. This is what energy should rather be channeled and put a stop to. This is the point raised by other social media users. They opined that the reality Television show is source of entertainment and fun to watch.
Read more tweets below…
I’m not really a big fan of BBN but MURIC calling on Buhari to ban the TV show is another example of misplaced priorities.#BBNaijia
— Local Black Man ⚪ (@thelifeof_real) July 12, 2019

Big Brother Naija television show is rated 18. The season four of the show which is tagged Pepper Dem started airing on July 1 with 21 housemates who will be battling for the grand prize of N60million in 99 days. disapproval. Many using the hashtag #BBNaija #MURIC laughed at the petition noting that the Television show is rated 18 and energy should be channeled to tackling major challenges confronting Nigeria.



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