Nollywood actor and director, Desmond Elliot, has called on the government to curtail the influx of foreign movies to help Nollywood grow, Igbere TV reports.

Elliot said this in an interview with HIP TV.

“Ban all foreign content, you know, make it difficult for foreign content to come in, so your own local content can grow and then, you need to support,” he said.

The Husbands of Lagos actor also said that the government needed to create an enabling environment for the entertainment business to thrive.

Desmond Elliot has starred in over 250 movies.

He was re-elected into the Lagos State House of Assembly on March 9.

He won best supporting actor in a drama at the 2013 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards.

He was also nominated for best-supporting actor at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards.

Source; http://igberetvnews.com/835643/popular-nollywood-actor-calls-for-ban-of-foreign-movie-see-why/

He's very stupid

Because you harvest stones so everyone should eat it with you and forget rice, right?



Unintelligent thinking. You all need the competition and it'll force you to keep getting better so you won't be forcing rubbish down our throats.

He's right
ban those silly zee world and Korean series

So that we will be forced to contend only with the mediocrity your likes are churning out in Nollywood?

Yeye man! Him don dey chop politics money now d brain don dey close

Why are there so many weirdo protectionist in this country. Lol the cinemas owners will certainly take a hit if government does that. The nollywood movie industry has been growing steadily without it. This issues are quality control and piracy from what I can tell. He's been in 200 movies most of them low budget probably.

Rilley:
He's very stupid

Extremely.

It seems the youths we're pushing up to replace the old men at the helm of affairs in this country are even more clueless than the old men themselves.

thesicilian:

Extremely.

I can never leave Hollywood movies to that mediocre called Nollywood, never in my life!

Hintona:
He's right

ban those silly zee world and Korean series

Please just shut up if you having nothing tangible to say.

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When ever I see someone watching nollyshit movies I get irritated not to talk of me watching those mess

Bad move!
If all country decide to dey ban movies, nollywood will not also grow, instead think of ideas that will make nollywood to stand out

This is the kind of shallow stupid thought process that resides in the head of many Nigerian leaders that keep causing Nigerians to have the poorest standard of living on Earth .. instead of you think to improve your useless movies to state where it will attract audience from every continent on Earth you are looking for cheap protectionism that does nothing than stoke mediocrity in any industry it's intriduced . Just because Marvel comic movies are out selling your lame movies in Nigerian cinemas you now want to resort to this instead of going to improve your craft .. Jonathan wanted to help your industry by make a 200 million dollar grant available to them but short sighted people like this Desmond Elliot encouraged Nigerians to vote for Buhari and now the entire Nigeria has been reduced to a cattle colony so maybe Desmond should do a movie on Fulanis cows because that might get Buhari interested .

demond IDIOT

This guy na real idiot

With the rubbish you people do

Low quality

POOR BACKGROUND

Obsolete cameras e

Miserable low budget etc
(ALL THEY DO IN THEIR MOVIES IS TO SIT DOWN AND TALK!!!!!!! NO ACTION!!! THEY'LL BE FORMING NONSENSE INTELIGENCE- ADVICE TALK)

Poor in all ramifications, yet some people still manage to go and watch your rubbish at the cinema with their hard-earned money...

THE MOST ANNOYING PART IS THAT, WITH THEIR substandard RUBBISH, THEY STILL PECK THEIR movies prices with foreign ones.

The spend 10 million naira on a movie and expect to make A billion naira gain.

I WILL NEVER USE MY MONEY TO GO AND WATCH NIGERIAN MOVIE AT THE CINEMA! GOD FORBID I WATCH THE NONSENSE THEY DO
USELESS UNSERIOUS THIEVES

Very Unintelligent Talk.

Control piracy and see if Nollywood will not grow.

Don't be surprise when the so called celebrities start laying solidarity via thier twitter and instagram in support of this nonsense, when there are so many pressing issues in this damnological Republic called Nigeria, uptil now government officials still send thier ward outside Nigeria to school, the same University that most of them graduated from, now they have scattered it, and now send thier children outside, desmond will not call for a ban or protest but if is something that doesn't make meaning like rape that happened 20yrs ago you see them talking. Rubbish

Oga Desmond Elliot, kindly change your orientation.

He's a law maker hr should push for ways to strengthen our institutions.

We have too many weak institutions in this country. What has happened to institutions that have the duty to tackle piracy?

Where are they? Why are they sleeping on a moving bike?

Where are the law enforcement agencies? Piracy is a crime so why do we buy and sell pirated materials openly in every part of Nigeria.

Mr Desmond Elliot, tackle the problem from the root cause.

I have been waiting for this news to land nairaland

Enemy of Progress....................

Your fada Desmond.



Na which person IQ una won use una low budget movie reduce?

So I will leave something like GOT if the can still help me to bring out season 9....and be watching snake girl DAT Regina act


God abeg shut DAT mouth

Nah the work wey surulere pipu send am b dat.............

WE KEEP PUTTING BRAINLESS PEOPLE INTO POWER THIS ONE HAS JUST EXPOSED HIMSELF SMH

I FEEL I'VE LOST SOME BRAIN CELLS ANYTIME I WATCH THOSE MEDIOCRE NIGERIAN FILMS AND THAT IS THE KIND OF CONTENT HE WANTS PEOPLE TO SUPPORT
QUICK QUESTION MR IDIOT AFTER YOU HAVE BAN FOREIGN CONTENTS WHAT NEXT? WE YOU NOW FORCE PEOPLE TO BUY AND WATCH YOUR TRASH BRAINDEAD MOVIES?

OR AND BY THE WAY HOW DO YOU EVEN INTEND ON GOING ABOUT IT?

Because the internet no longer exists?

Let me hear word Abeg. I cant stand Nollywood movies with their cliches along with their terrible CGI.
This dude is even more stupid than I give him credit for.