Nigeria’s Federal Government, has announced plans to launch a national sensitization campaign against money rituals.
The government expressed concern over the menace that has claimed the lives of many, women and girls especially.
Lai Mohammed, the information Minister, spoke on Monday when he paid a working visit to Daily Trust headquarters.
He lamented the ritual murders “by unscrupulous people, most of them young, who are seeking to get rich at all cost”.
Mohammed said the Buhari administration has commenced the process of raising national awareness on the scourge.
”For those who may still be in doubt, ritual killings have assumed a worrisome dimension in recent years,” he said.
The minister cited the Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) report which found that 150 women and girls were killed across Nigeria between January 2018 and December 2021.
Mohammed disclosed that the National Orientation Agency (NOA) is partnering with religious, traditional organizations and NGOs to forge behavioural change.
The official directed the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) to take the issue of ritual killings into consideration while censoring and classifying films and videos.
The agency was further asked to meet Nollywood and stakeholders on the need for Nollywood producers to eschew money-ritual stories.
“The fact that some ritual killers said they learned the money-making tricks from some social media platforms has further given a fillip to the Federal Government’s campaign to rid social media of unwholesome content”, the minister added.
