In order to sanitize the movie industry, the Nigerian Film and Video Censor Board NFVCB and the Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board LSFVCB are collaborating.
The Nigerian Film and Video Censor Board NFVCB and the Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board LSFVCB have begun a collaboration to sanitize the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood.
With this collaboration, the days of unwholesome practices in the movie industry particularly in Lagos, may soon be over. This is following the Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, recently signed by the film regulatory body, NFVCB and its authorities in Lagos geared towards restoring sanity in the industry.
The NFVCB & LSFVCB will henceforth effectively monitor and enforce movie classification and licensing.
While signing the MOU, Ms. Patricia Bala, Director-General of the NFVCB, described the move as a sure-footed resolve to forge a firm and integrated design to attain the goal of well structured movie industry with a win-win value-chain for all stake-holders.
Bala hoped that with the painstaking and meticulous effort put into the arrangement, all industry operators should support and key into it by ensuring that only approved movies are released to the market in addition to respecting the established rules guiding the industry. The NFVCB boss lamented the damaging effects of unwholesome practices and also called on operators to act within the ambit of the law adding that enforcement becomes necessary only in a situation of non-compliance.
On the part of the Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board, Mr. Bamidele Balogun the Executive Director of the board, expressed delight at the signing of the MoU, noting that it is a courageous decision to eliminate frictions and ensure harmony of purpose towards proper regulation and sanitization of the film industry in Lagos state.
