The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) on Friday destroyed unclassified and other prohibited films and videos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials of the NFVCB, Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Fire Service were among stakeholders present at the exercise, which was held in Abuja.

The items destroyed included DVDs, CDs, copies of 20 in 1 video films, unclassified foreign and local films, as well as pornographic materials.

Mr Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director of the board, said that the items were confiscated during raid operations and enforcement drive in markets in the Federal Capital Territory and its neighbouring towns.

“Our enforcement drive within a period resulted in the removal of these unapproved film and video works with a street value of over N500 million.

“The creative industry is acclaimed to have contributed 1.4 per cent to Nigeria’s GDP, and it can do more for owners, producers and distributors of films and video works to get value from their investment.

“If the sector is in a mess, investors will not come, that is why we are cleaning the market for the film owners to enjoy the reward of their work,’’ he said.

Thomas added that the board has secured the collaboration of the NigeriaPolice Force, which has speed up the arrest and prosecution of marketers and distributors of illicit film and video works across Nigeria.

“One of the key facilitators of the objectives of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is the continuous improvement on, respect for, and enforcement of intellectual property and ownership rights in the film industry.

“This is pursued by discouraging the distribution of unapproved, unclassified and unwholesome films and tackling other illicit activities in the film market.

“Industry players lose billions of naira to adulterated, smuggled and unclassified works through agents and distributors, which ultimately denies the government its statutory revenues.

“It is on this premise that the National Film and Video Censors Board, about two years ago, re-constituted the National Task Force on unapproved movies with the support of the Minister of Information and Culture.”

In his remarks, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, commended the NFVCB for remaining resolute in raiding Nigerian film market of unwholesome products, adding that the force was willing to always work with it.

The IGP, who was represented by AIG David Folawiyo, in charge of Training and Development, pledged the police willingness to provide training and technical support for the board.

“The NFVCB has by this milestone strengthen our laws, and the Nigerian Police Force is willing to work with it, even more.

“All states command have been given signals to always release officers to provide support for the NFVCB, nationwide whenever needed.”

The minister, represented by Mr Augustus Babajide, Director of Entertainment and Creative Services, said: “This kind of enforcement will encourage creativity and attract investors to the creative sector”.

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In elementary Economics, they taught us of giffen goods and ostentatious goods that refuses to obey the theories of demand and supply. Sex and allied products fall into either of these categories, depending on circumstances. It does not matter what we do, sex will always sell, in any and all forms. Its okay they are trying to control it but except for age or disease, those in that industry can never lose in the short or long run. Its either we get realistic, legalize and regulate the industry like the Dutch or keep fooling ourselves, destroy explicit materials and still rank high among nations with HIV/ AIDS.

say no to porn.

This write up is so detailed though. As Nigerians, we're quite uncomfortable with explicit stuff of this sort.

who buys porn DVDs and videos in this day and age anyway?!?!?!

MrBrownJay1:
who buys porn DVDs and videos in this day and age anyway?!?!?!

exactly....

Lol.. Bad market.

Who dey buy porn CDs self

lol

Very soon SARS will be like so you get porn for your phone you are under arrest

Destroying porn videos is okay but why destroy the 20 in 1 foreign films.....? Besides who buys porn DVD in this day n age

Parablesonmarble:
In elementary Economics, they taught us of giffen goods and ostentatious goods that refuses to obey the theories of demand and supply. Sex and allied products fall into either of these categories, depending on circumstances. It does not matter what we do, sex will always sell, in any and all forms. Its okay they are trying to control it but except for age or disease, those in that industry can never lose in the short or long run. Its either we get realistic, legalize and regulate the industry like the Dutch or keep fooling ourselves, destroy explicit materials and still rank high among nations with HIV/ AIDS.

The movies were destroyed not because they contain adults contents but because they were pirated copies.

Pirates are killing the Nigerian creative industry.

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Late hour

Lol, but are peeps still buying VCD's in Nigeria though?

They'd have to start going after online download sites to then because Nigeria's one big unregulated space.

Land for sale

MrBrownJay1:
who buys porn DVDs and videos in this day and age anyway?!?!?!

DVD is so useless now enh!

These pirates are like those in potc. You cannot eradicate them. They dont even know what they are doing is a crime. It's a way of life for them.

As for the DVDs men wrestling sells like mad. People still buy them alot particularly home videos.

Lmao.. Waster of resources

When everything in online these days

500 million for CDs

maxiuc:


Very soon SARS will be like so you get porn for your phone you are under arrest

E don start sef.

Mumu people

They were destroyed because of copyright and plagiarism not because they contain explicit contents.

Lokoyen:


DVD is so useless now enh!

they still use it in the western countries...

Xbee007:

The movies were destroyed not because they contain adults contents but because they were pirated copies.

Pirates are killing the Nigerian creative industry.

Oh, okay. Piracy is a no, no. Good move then.

Parablesonmarble:


Oh, okay. Piracy is a no, no. Good move then.

THE ABOVE PERSON IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE
COMMENTING WITHOUT FIRST READING IN THIS INTERNET AGE
If you follow this thread, the person I am referring to:

1. Quickly rushed to comment about the DVDs being destroyed because of their 'explicit' nature.
2. Wrote with much air of authority (?) or gusto, despite his opinions being glaringly off-track

we youths can do better than this. Let's re-imbibe the reading culture. It will make us more knowledgeable rather than empty; which is our temporarily present condition

Na when wifi with internet expensive ppl dey buy cds,fave dvd plates,20 in 1 dumb cd's. Aside audio mix cd for car,rest na nonsense

Parablesonmarble:
In elementary Economics, they taught us of giffen goods and ostentatious goods that refuses to obey the theories of demand and supply. Sex and allied products fall into either of these categories, depending on circumstances. It does not matter what we do, sex will always sell, in any and all forms. Its okay they are trying to control it but except for age or disease, those in that industry can never lose in the short or long run. Its either we get realistic, legalize and regulate the industry like the Dutch or keep fooling ourselves, destroy explicit materials and still rank high among nations with HIV/ AIDS.

You're wrong. The overall socio-economic dynamics obtainable in Holland are not the same as the one in Nigeria. Of course, sex will always sell. If you want to know whether this excercise is fruitful or not, go ask the pirates and marketers whose "goods" were destroyed.
It's a sure deterrent for many, the urge to go into the "business" will surely abate if prospective traders in these illegal products know that one of these days, NFVCB officials will swoop, confiscate and destroy their goods. The sole reason of going into business ( in 90%) of the cases is to make profit, who wants to be suffering huge losses ??

All that W-A-N-K material gone

My question is how does NFVCB recruit its staff. I'm interested.