EFCC urges faith leaders to make anti-corruption preaching central
EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede has called on pastors and imams to use churches and mosques to speak against corruption. He made the appeal at a meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council in Abuja, asking religious leaders to bring anti-corruption messages into their regular preaching and community engagement.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Chairman Ola Olukoyede has urged religious leaders to intensify their efforts against corruption through preaching and community engagement. Olukoyede made the appeal at a meeting of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council in Abuja. He called on pastors and imams to use their pulpits and mosques to speak against corrupt practices.
The EFCC chairman’s request places religious institutions among the groups he believes can help shape public attitudes towards corruption. His message was directed at leaders from the Christian and Muslim communities represented at the meeting. The appeal focuses on prevention through moral instruction rather than detailing a new enforcement measure.
The source material does not provide further information about the meeting, the religious leaders’ responses or any specific programme agreed at the event. Olukoyede’s comments underline the commission’s call for anti-corruption messages to reach communities through established religious platforms. The EFCC’s chairman was speaking in his official capacity at the NIREC meeting, according to the report.
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