The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have been directed to sustain the fight against internet crimes and other acts of corruption.
President Bola Tinubu gave the directive through Vice President Kashim Shettima, in Abuja on Wednesday, at a one-day public engagement on youth, religion and the fight against corruption and the launch of the Fraud Risk Assessment Project for Ministries, Departments and Agencies, organised by the EFCC.
This is as he said the scourge cybercrimes has continued to dent the image of the nation, hence the need for a more proactive steps to tackle the menace.
He said, “Our country is not a nation of fraudsters and the pejorative reference to internet crimes as the ‘Nigerian scam’ across the world is unfair, untenable and unacceptable. Cybercrimes are a global phenomenon. Today’s world is run in real-time on the internet.
“Governance, businesses, institutions and even individual domestic affairs are dependent on the Internet. Cybercriminals are, therefore, a threat to the rest of the world. This is why no effort or expense should be spared in confronting the evil. I want to assure the EFCC that the government will continue to offer its support in its quest to kill the dragon that internet offences have become”.
