The Executive Director/CEO of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shaibu Husseini, has announced that the Federal Government has approved the prohibition of depicting money rituals and glamorizing vices in Nigerian films.
Husseini
disclosed this while speaking at a National Stakeholders Engagement on
Smoke-Free Nollywood held in Enugu on Wednesday, May 22. The NFVCB boss
emphasized that the prohibition of money rituals and glamorizing vices in
Nigerian films has been approved by the Federal Government.
He
said; “When my predecessor approached the former Minister of Information,
Alhaji Lai Muhammed on the need to make a subsidiary legislation to curtail the
display of smoking in Nigerian movies, he saw the need to include money
rituals. Others included in the regulation are ritual killings and glamourising
other crimes in order to further sanitise the film industry.
Today,
I am delighted to announce to you that the Minister of Arts, Culture and the
Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, pursuant to section 65 of the NFVCB Act 2004
has approved the regulation.
The
minister has approved the Prohibition of Money Ritual, Ritual Killing, Tobacco,
Tobacco Products, Nicotine Product Promotion and Glamorisation display in
Movies, Musical Videos and Skits” Regulations 2024.
We have
also forwarded the approved copy to the Federal Ministry of Justice for
Gazette.”
According
to Husseini, besides the health implications, glamourising smoking in films
poses a negative influence on teens and young adults who constitute the largest
segment of Nigeria movie viewers. He said that the board was set to undertake
detailed enlightenment programmes in secondary schools, tertiary institutions,
local communities, faith groups and other institutions.
See
reactions below;
iamninashai: I think it’s a good move. Those movies portrait Nigeria and Africa in a bad light. Let’s be more creative and have better scenes.
princessdammy_:
Ban drug, corruption, money laundering, smoking, prostitution scenes too 😏.
iam_bmodel:
This federal government are always focused on things that are not important. So
nah mountain Zion movies they want make we dey watch now?😏.
saintavenue_ent1:
Not a bad idea, but when them go ban looting public funds?
mz_bolajoko:
But it is our reality, and the movies shows the bad end that comes with the rituals.
How’s that a problem?.
obaksol:
Oshey😂😂😂😂😂😂Hope
they ban Looting of Citizens Funds too?
bright___:
Very good!! At least the illusion that money ritual can make you a billionaire
overnight will reduce in our society.
Post a Comment