EFCC Chairman tasks Social Media Influencers to use platform to fight corruption

The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa has urged social media influencers and entertainers to use their platforms to promote the fight against economic crimes.

This is according to a statement released by the commission on Thursday in Abuja.

The Anti-graft war Chairman while lamenting the alarming increase of cybercrime in the country also said that some social media celebrities were using their platforms to promote scams especially investment scam.

Speaking during an engagement at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, the EFCC boss said he had always wanted to interface with social media influencers and entertainers, considering their clout and influence on the social media space.

Bawa expressed his intention to sustain the engagement, urging them to join hands with the Commission as the fight against corruption needs the involvement of everyone.

Highlights of the event was the presentation of awardsto the three winners of the #togetheragainstcorruption Challenge: which include Agih Moral Unekwu, Victor Collins Nebo and Abdulrazeez Ademu, by the EFCC boss.