The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that the agency has no issues with musicians.
Ibrahim Magu gave the charge Wednesday during an interactive session with artistes, comedians, and On-Air-Personalities (OAP), which held at the EFCC Headquarters, Jabi, Abuja.
The Acting Chairman of the EFCC spoke against the backdrop of the arraignment of Afeez Fashola known as Naira Marley by the Commission in Lagos.
He charged Nigerian artistes and comedians to join the anti-graft agency in the fight against corruption, particularly internet fraud, and to lend their voices to the commission’s anti-corruption fight.
“You have a very wide reach; so, lend us your voices; please, let your works propagate and promote integrity and the right values,” he said passionately, as he stressed that they remained key to winning the war against internet fraud, and corruption in general.
“I urge you to raise a collective slogan against all forms of criminality among our youths, condemn in strong terms, ostentatious living without credible sources of income, particularly the get-rich-at-all-cost syndrome among the youths,” he said.
Stressing the important status, which the commission attaches to members of Nigeria’s entertainment industry, Magu called on them to “join hands with the EFCC in this fight against corruption, because we need you more than ever before to change the negative narratives about our country being havens of internet fraudsters”.
