Entertainers Blast FG Over Plans To Stop Music/Movie Shoots Abroad

The Nigeria entertainment world has reacted to the Federal government’s plan to stop artists and movie makers from shooting their works outside the country.

Recall last Saturday, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said the government has taken steps to amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to discourage the production of Nigerian movies and music outside the country.

According to the minister, the situation had hampered the development of the entertainment sector and the nation’s economy in general.

“This government has agreed that henceforth, whatever we consume in Nigeria in terms of music and films must be made in Nigeria.

“We cannot continue to go to South Africa or any other country to produce our films and then send them back to be consumed in Nigeria.

“The Broadcasting Code and the Advertising Code are very clear on this.

“For you to classify a product as a Nigerian product, it must have a certain percentage of Nigerian content,” the Minister said.

Meanwhile some entertainers have criticized the move, calling it an attempt to gage creativity.

 

See the reactions below:

 

Undoubtedly,entertainment: Music,Comedy,Sport, and Film productions are the highest-ranking human resource export from Nigeria.Government should protect their intellectual property and invest into its capacity building. I have observed with keen interest the recent reports credited to the honourable minister of information and culture,proposing to ban the production of our indigenous films abroad.instead of such pronouncements,I expect a mutual partnership with government and all stake holders in the entertainments industry.what level of support has government provided to growth of entertainment in terms of protecting their works?piracy is still on the high,most of the actors,actresses and producers do not earn what’s is obtainable in other parts of the world in terms of technical,social support and general contribution to their well being.I recommend that instead of putting laws to check the issue of films produced outside Nigeria.Government should invest in the sector to develop it,introduce partnership that will bring about government earning funds from the services provided through technical equipment, logistic sites, and establishment of a standard Nollywood village.more so soft loans should be provided to aid film production ,while the ministry of information and culture should engage the film writer and producers to build contents that can significantly profile our image as a country.instead of confrontation,which will not be in the best interest of both the government and the artistes.

A post shared by Amb, Francis Agoda (@igodye_) on Jul 18, 2017 at 1:04am PDT

Our behavior when we hear say FG dey plan stop something …. soon dem go tell us how and which style we go dey use de Kpakam our wife dem let me come and be going

A post shared by Paul Psquare (@rudeboypsquare) on Jul 16, 2017 at 6:34am PDT

Smh. An industry they NEVER encouraged, supported or empowered is what they now want to control. Let all of you stop running to abroad when you are sick as na naija money una dey use patronize oyibo hospital dem. You people are the ones refusing to fix our health facilities so u travel out when mosquito bite una. So why tell us where to record when u can’t provide uninterrupted power here in Nigeria. Sometime I wonder how we got it all wrong. Una children when dey sch for abroad na which money una dey use patronize them? Abeg stfu!

A post shared by jude okoye (@judeengees) on Jul 16, 2017 at 4:10am PDT

Paul of P-Square went further to share a video of foreign based dancers dancing to one of their songs, Collabo, with the inscription, “May be dis ones government go tell dem to stop dancing naija music”.

 

Well done guys may be dis ones government go tell dem to stop dancing naija music … come and be going

A post shared by Paul Psquare (@rudeboypsquare) on Jul 17, 2017 at 9:14am PDT