Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has criticised the government over its efforts in fighting internet fraud activities, better known as \u2018yahoo yahoo\u2019 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The popular rapper on Thursday called on the government to do more to put an end to the increasing rate of crime which has tarnished the country\u2019s image abroad.<\/p>\n
He expressed his disapproval of cyber crimes, adding that it is an offence against humanity no matter the living conditions in the country.<\/p>\n
In a chat with E-Daily, Falz said, \u201cI think the government through their law enforcement agencies are supposed to come in and clamp down on people perpetrating such acts and make sure that people face consequences for their actions; because if they do face consequences, that could be a deterrent to other people thinking about committing such acts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always said this from the beginning of time and maybe I was the first person to get a backlash on this. I\u2019ve never been a fan of celebrating cyber-crime.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019When I said it in an interview, it got me a lot of backlashes.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019I will say it again and again; cyber-crime is wrong, cyber-crime is giving us a horrible name, especially outside Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s destroying our youths and a lot of people are feeling it\u2019s the only option.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand the sentiment of people were not privileged and feeling like cyber-crime is the fastest way to get money.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there are people out there actually putting in efforts, toiling, struggling to make it by doing legitimate stuff and not just taking from someone else.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing I believe is that you live your life, let others live theirs, as long as you living your life does not affect another person negatively.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut as long as you are taking from someone else, that is an offence even against humanity and it\u2019s bad.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never subscribed to it and I\u2019ve never been a fan of celebrating it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has criticised the government over its efforts in fighting internet fraud activities, better known as \u2018yahoo yahoo\u2019 in Nigeria. The popular rapper on Thursday called on the government to do more to put an end to the increasing rate of crime which has tarnished the country\u2019s image abroad. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":10883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,17],"tags":[139,68,204,177],"class_list":["post-10881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","tag-culture","tag-efcc","tag-government","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n