The Executive Director of the National Films and Video Censors
Board (NFVCB), Adedayo Thomas, has warned Nigerians to desist from
buying foreign films.
He made the statement at the public burning of unwholesome and
unapproved movies and video works worth N100 million in Lagos. According
to Thomas, majority of those films imported are unapproved and illegal,
The Nation reports.
Some of the items destroyed included multiple-in-one films, unclassified
foreign, local and pornographic films, all in DVDs and CDs format.
According to him, many of the burnt products were pornographic with
other obnoxious materials illegally imported into the country.
“Most of these foreign films are uncensored, smuggled into the country
without rightful permission; therefore, it must be totally banned. It’s
against the growth of this country to ship in foreign films without
censorship and permission of the property right of the owner. This has
caused reductions in our rating, in term of the intellectual property
right.
The ones allowed are the ones in the cinema because we are able to
manage the cinema and censor it. Therefore, parents and guardians must
ensure their children/wards consume only films and video works
classified by the National Film and Video Censors Board.” he said
He revealed that the board has arrested five offenders at Alaba Market
and charged them to court while some other retailers were placed on
training so as to sensitise them on the kind of products they are
supposed to be selling.
Thomas said the burning exercise was recently held in Abuja, Kaduna,
Kano, Port Harcourt, Benin, Sokoto and it will be a continuous exercise
so as to stamp out the distribution of these items to safeguard our
future as a nation and to also send a strong message to miscreants who
feast on other people’s sweat.
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