The Federal Government of Nigeria has opened up on why it is set to issue a ban on shooting of music videos as well as movies outside the shores of the country.
Lai Mohammed
While speaking in an exclusive interview with Premium Times, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, reacted to criticisms trailing his recent pronouncement on steps being taken by the government to discourage the production of Nigerian movies and music outside the country.
The outspoken APC politcian, said the move by the Buhari-led federal government was to tackle the exploitation of perceived loopholes in the Nigerian Broadcasting Code, NBC.
He said; “The NBC code today as it stands has been exploited and not defined and that’s why movies being directed by Nigerians with Nigerian actors, actresses can be shot in South Africa and then brought back to be consumed in Nigeria.
“All we are saying is that we are going to amend the code in a manner that it will not be possible for you to exploit any loophole there to go and shoot outside Nigeria film, music or programs that are meant to be consumed in Nigeria,” Mohammed said.
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had reported that the minister on Saturday, said the government had taken steps to get the Nigeria Broadcasting Code (NBC) to put an end to the trend of producing Nigerian music, movie and programs abroad.
Mohammed's comments drew criticism from Nigerians who asked the minister to address the issue of government officials going for medical treatment abroad first before sanitising the movie industry.
However, the minister said the government had no ill-feeling in its move to dissuade Nigerian films from being produced abroad.
“It is not directed at any particular incident, every country should respect the local industry of other countries. For example, in Ghana they introduced a law today that demands visiting actors to pay a thousand dollars to the government coffers while visiting directors and producers pay 5,000 dollars. We must create an enabling environment and also generate revenue from our creative industry.
“The argument is simple, when you go to shoot a film offshore, you use the work force of that country to develop the capacity of that country and you improve the economy of that country and that is what we are trying to do here.”
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