Don’t be TikTok ‘tokes’ – Archbishop Palmer-Buckle to the youth

• Posted on May 15, 2024May 15, 2024
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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The Archbishop of Cape Coast, Most Rev. Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, has urged the youth to be mindful of the things they watch on social media in order to put their time to productive use. 

He expressed concern that many youths had become addicted to social media, expending valuable time learning and following unnecessary trends on pages which only made them noisy and unproductive.

Archbishop Palmer-Buckle gave the advice when he addressed thousands of young people during the weekend at the Cape Coast Archdiocesan Youth Rally of the Roman Catholic Church at Assin Fosu in the Central Region.

“Social media, especially TikTok, has made most youth idle, as they spend much time there instead of making productive use of the time.  “Use your social media profitably, use it to learn new skills, search for valuable information instead of following unnecessary trends online,” Archbishop Palmer-Buckle advised during the “Time with the Archbishop” segment of the youth rally.

Youth Rally

The four-day 2024 Cape Coast Archdiocesan Youth Rally brought together about 2,000 youths from 11 Deanery in the Central Region. The youth participated in prayer sessions and social activities scheduled for the four days.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the event, the Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin South, called on the youth to be true to their obligations to the church and the country.

Rev. Ntim Fordjour said every talent was useful to the church and the country and that the youth should not belittle them and only think that being successful was only possible overseas.

“Create your opportunities and make it lucrative for others to benefit from.  No man is talentless, the MP stated.

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