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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in order to encourage young Nigerians who do legitimate business praised Michael Iloduba, a ”corporate” water hawker, on Twitter. 

Iloduba, whose business is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), caught the attention of the agency by his dedication to his source of living.

The agency described Iloduba as the ”guy who dresses in corporate wears to sell bottle water not deterred by the limitations around him”.

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Meet Michael Iloduba @AuthenticMiche3, the guy who dresses in corporate wears to sell bottle water called CORPORATE WATER.
Not deterred by limitations around him, he is determined to make a difference.#SayNoToCorruption#TheEagles pic.twitter.com/LydK9uI9Wk

— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) December 16, 2019

But some Nigerians on Twitter are not having any of that.

Here are some of their reactions.

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Meet Michael Iloduba @AuthenticMiche3, the guy who dresses in corporate wears to sell bottle water called CORPORATE WATER.
Not deterred by limitations around him, he is determined to make a difference.#SayNoToCorruption#TheEagles pic.twitter.com/LydK9uI9Wk

— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) December 16, 2019

Reading this make me mentally disturbed,so many things are wrong with this tweet,Nigeria youth are in mess,forget corporate whatever this guy need help,what is corporate in carrying water on the head selling on the street this 21century 2019 for God sake ? Oh no

— IkeoluwaSanusi (@Ikwiseprodigy) December 16, 2019

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He has tried. Customs is recruiting, fix him as a candidate let him follow collect N1000 from each Tokunbo car. Reward excellence for once.

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— Festus. (@MrFestusEmeka) December 17, 2019

I think what EFCC is implying here is that there is dignity in labor and you should never be ashamed to earn a living in the honorable way.
In the US here,where I live,people don’t look down on others doing legitimate work. Some Nigerians in the Diaspora do these dirty odd jobs.

— #SoworeMustNotDie (@LetzGoGlobal) December 16, 2019

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I have worked at a factor, I’ve been a conductor on a molue. I bet you don’t know what a molue is.But bro I don’t wish it on my enemy.Pure water & bottles water wil never make u rich. It’s a big lie. It cld be a phase in life but you can not be rich selling water. You go sell it

— Jubal Theophilus (@AnyaTheophilus) December 16, 2019

After long nights of depressing study in the university and getting his degree coupled with the strenuous Service year he was forced by the bad system and bad governance into such a trade. truly, now your suffering continues……

— U C H E N N A ?❤️ (@WalkerSavvy8) December 16, 2019

With or without business name, task Forse will carry him in Abuja.

I don’t understand why you guys are promoting poverty and suffering. Tufia

— La Positìve ?? (@PaulPositive4) December 16, 2019

No wonder every well-dressed young man sitting in a taxi or driving a private car must be flagged down for “stop and search”.
If life never force you to hawk bottled water, you never legit reach. Smh.

— CHVMELEON? (@Alpha_Ojini) December 16, 2019

He’s not making any difference, he has solved no problem or anything, he’s only rebranding poverty. If any Nigeria youth wear suit to wash car in a car wash tomorrow, he’s making a difference too?

— bold_man (@leereports) December 16, 2019

It’s funny how this guy has been on Wazobia FM, Silverbird TV station, legit news ng and many more platforms and continuously says his dream is to own a pure water factory and nobody has thought to help him?
At this level, he shouldn’t be hawking anymore but poor mentality

— yournextboyfriend? (@Alan_yournextbf) December 17, 2019

What is EFCC doing to support this creative guy who distinguished himself not to be a yahoo yahoo?

— Ipeebornbreed (@olasindesegunj1) December 16, 2019

No professional Anti Graft Agency in the world can result to being petty to justify its lawlessness against young citizens. EFCC under Magu has turned to a religious moral guardian no longer a professional Anti Graft Agency. Any arrest on internet scam without petition is abuse.

— jungleman (@junglem31520302) December 16, 2019

So na this kind life una want make boys the live … it’s drive pleasure after getting a degree for 5consecutive year and no better job,now this the lifestyle you really want us to live Nigeria is a joke of.?? pic.twitter.com/WZHEDXhvc7

— living genius???? (@GabrielScofiel6) December 16, 2019

So no other example of a youth that is earning legit money aside from this ? If not for a failed society ,should this guy be going through this under the scotching hot sun ??? Na wa o !

— Beejay Baba (@beejaybobo) December 16, 2019

The Government are trying to eradicate street trading and here we have an agency of the same government endorsing it…???

— Fyneface Given (@Stiven_Given) December 16, 2019

What lesson should we learn here now?

— Ore Afolayan (Mr Miyagi of Marketing) (@TheOreAfolayan) December 16, 2019