The Federal Government of Nigeria has vowed to bring sanity into the social lives of citizens and stop the debasement of humanity and the pride of Nigerian women by making scapegoats of some persons.
The government made this known while reacting to the controversial music video, “Agege” which was released on Thursday by popular Singer, Augustine Kelechi also known as Tekno, where the singer was seen in the moving van performing to the camera with the half-clad women dancing seductively at Lekki-Ikoyi bridge in Lagos.
The government expressed dissatisfaction despite ongoing investigations into the anomaly, Tekno went ahead to release the offensive video.
In a statement by the Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Segun Runsewe, he said Tekno would be made a scapegoat to teach others a serious lesson.
He further stated that the NCAC is committed to exposing proponents of such kind of offensive sights and videos in Nigeria, while security agencies will be briefed to place Tekno on their watch list, because his conduct is a threat to national security.
He said, “We commend the police for arresting Tekno for the shameful misconduct. The same person, who was granted bail on health grounds has gone ahead to release the controversial video. We are now warning him to desist from this shameful conduct, which is not part of our culture.
“No single person is bigger than Nigeria; whether he likes it or not , we are going to use him as a scapegoat to send strong signals that this government does not tolerate nonsense and immorality, but discipline, which is our moral principle.
“Since the offensive Tekno scam video came to the limelight, I have received hundreds of telephone calls and SMS from Nigerians at home and others in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and other parts of the world querying why such anomalies would be tolerated in Nigeria.
“Now that he has released the shameful video when investigation is still ongoing , we are going to inform security agencies to place him on their watch list, because his action is a threat to national security and a bad influence on Nigerian youths.
“We are committed to exposing proponents of this kind of offensive sights and videos. We warn that nudity is not part of our culture and should not be tolerated. The Federal Government will henceforth fish out clubs for nude dancers across the country for their promoters to face prosecution.”
According to section 136 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, any person who commits any act of gross indecency with another person in public, commits an offence and is liable upon conviction to three years imprisonment.
