NOLLYWOOD FILMS ARE POLLUTING SOCIETAL VALUES! THEY SHOULD BE CENSORED!

In 2014, Nigeria was credited for being the country with the largest re-based Gross Domestic Product (GDP), index for the year 2013 on the African continent, and the 26th globally. Nollywood, as an arm of the entertainment and music industry with the mobile telephone market, were credited for contributing 12% (per cent), or N853.9 billion naira of foreign exchange earnings to the nation's economy through film productions, music and telephone communications which should have been meticulously and thoroughly censored and monitored to meet international best practice for both local and export consumption, before sales distribution and shipment! Nigeria’s celebrated GDP estimates for the year 2013 was put at $ 510 billion US dollars or N80.3 trillion taking into account the massive contribution to national economy by these SERVICE-ORIENTED SECTOR, a revelation that the level of economic activity at that period, was much higher than in the 24 years before 2013. The economic landscape was majorly boosted by this Sector which offered a significant opportunity for growth and wealth creation; BUT AT WHAT COST?

The uninformed or uneducated citizens kept wondering why the nation's economy had not had positive impact on their lifestyles with all past administrations, military or democracy without getting reasonable answers for their dilemma because the players in the economy before 29th, May, 2015, cornered all the dividends for themselves and abandoned the poor masses to their uncertain fate and it did not take long before economic RECESSION began to take its toll on the nation! But thank God for the BUHARI/OSINBAJO APC'S CHANGE ADMINISTRATION which has now restored hope of economic survival in the lives over 100.000.000, million Nigerian "hewers of the wood and drawers of the water!’’

Nollywood which is an acronym, sobriquet or colloquial term for the Nigerian Film Industry, dates back to early 2000s, when Nigerian films began to evolve and to attract international attention as Nigeria's version of America's Hollywood or India's Bollywood major film entertainment industries as they were released in some of the nation's major languages, notable cultures/ traditions with which Nigeria is richly blessed! Outside of contributing naira, kobo and foreign currencies to the coffers of the nation Nollywood had bequeathed the "GREEK GIFT" of PLAGUES, PESTILLENCES, DISASTERS, CALAMITIES ETC, upon the land of Nigeria through 100% emphasis on IDOLATORY - SORCERY, ENCHANTMENTS, DIVINATIONS , SYNCRETISM, ETC, which has further compounded the almost miserable and meaningless lives of the downtrodden who believed in most of Nollywood MISLEADING THEMES AND STORY LINES which unfortunately had not been adequately controverted by the regulatory, supervising and censorship authorities saddled with this very SENSITIVE, SPIRITUAL AND VERY DELICATE ISSUE OF GODLESS FAITH!

Although the pre and post independent Nigeria witnessed celluloid films broadcast of outstanding artistes from the geographical regions, nothing could be compared to the technology of HOME VIDEO FILM DISCS PRODUCTION which debuted from late 20th Century, which overwhelmed, drowned and almost brought to extinction the clamour for CINEMA CENTRES across the nation! In a more civilized Nigeria of this new century, hardly would one find any household without a TELEVISION SET, SMART OR ANDROID PHONES through which they could watch Nollywood films which became so popular among the populace and globally.

There was no doubt that it was a good development for both the film industry and the Nigerian economy because of the nation's attainment as Africa's busiest economic destination, BUT WHY WOULD NOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS DESTROY THOSE GAINS THROUGH ENCOURAGEMENT OF IDOL WORSHIP WHICH HAS DRIVEN MANY INTO ILLICIT ACQUISITION OF WEALTH THROUGH MURDER AND HUMAN BLOOD SHEDDING?
Because this "modern" film industry had been busy dishing out globally, through UNHOLY Visual Cassette Discs (VCD's), about Nigeria to other nations in the name of propagating CULTURE, TRADITION, RELIGION AND GOOD MORALS? Though most of the films are produced in Nigeria's lingua franca which is the English Language, film makers always ensured that translations of others done along ethnic, tribal or regional formats were done through sub-titles for wider reach. The Hausa- language cinema, informally known as "KANNYWOOD" (a sub-industry of Nollywood -based in Kano), Yoruba, Ibo, Itsekiri, Edo, Urhobo, etc, Film Productions fall into this category.

However it is very disheartening that ALL OF THE NOLLYWOOD FILMS EXIBIT WITH RELISH, THE FOLLOWING HUMAN NEGATIVE AND UNGODLY TRAITS IN THE FORM OF:
Violence;
Gangsterism;
Robbery;
Cultism;
Immorality;
Paganism;
Idolatry;
Heathenism, (enchantment, socerery, divination, witchcraft, wizardry, worship of water and marine spirits/powers;
Confrontation against lawful authorities, (militancy/insurgency);
Corruption of societal and national values through emphasis on the power and love of money/money-making rituals with HUMAN BLOOD, instead of the love of God who gives power to make wealth;
Exhibition of inferiority complex in fashion and lifestyle; ( love for false BRAZILIAN wigs, foreign dress style instead of made in Nigeria fabrics and total BLEECHING of the skin by both male and female artistes), and
MORAL DECADENCE, through which the national campaign against sexual immorality became a NULITY and the nation has recorded at least 20 million Nigerians who are HIV/AIDS POSITIVE! Of all of the above VICES, immoralities in the forms of illicit sexual activities, fornication, adultery, disobedience to parents/lawful authorities, reveling/celebration and emphasis on the love of money, and ABNORMAL SKIN BLEECHING, stand out conspicuously!

They celebrate Witches/Wizards/Witch Doctor/Ancestral gods, whom they regard as more powerful than God- worshipping/ God-fearing citizens whom they portray as mere mortals in order to instill fear into them for their illicit monetary gains. Film producers story themes always vindicated WITCH DOCTORS, while those who consulted their SHRINES were left to face the consequences of their idolatry acts!

They promoted invisible occult powers that struck people dead in their sleep and which also make criminals to disappear from scenes of crime and escape arrests! Other promotions include groups of young witches who "possess" evil powers which they unleashed on perceived enemies or rival fraternities in form of deaths or incurable infirmities while "gods of the land - iron gods; thunder, lightining , rain, crops/fertility gods , etc, were worshiped with the zeal of national pride though Nigeria is constitutionally SECULAR!

DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST YOUTHS AND MARRIED COUPLES FACED WITH CHALLENGES OF FINANCES, CHILD BEARING, JOBLESSNESS, PROMOTIONS, VENGEANCE; ETC, ARE DESPERATELY SEEKING DIABOLICAL POWERS TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES THROUGH THOSE WITCH DOCTORS AND HERBALIST REGULARLY PROMOTED IN NOLLYWOOD FILMS?
Nollywood film makers are misleading the Nigerian youths who copycat all make-beliefs in the films they watched on regular basis and always experimented on the immorality of real sexual acts of fornication and even gang rapes of unfortunate girls or women! Married couples relish in adultery while the rituals of money-making with human parts/blood have become an all-comers affair while religious activities are deliberately relegated to the background! Although, PARENTAL GUIDANCE (PG), AND AGE LIMIT WARNINGS were usually displayed before every film episodes, they have turned out to be mere dress rehearsals because there was no way the advices could be enforced except the FILM CENSORS BOARD pronounces total ban of the negative and unethical film broadcasts by Nollywood to the Nigerian populace!

WHERE IS THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL FILMS AND VIDEO CENSORS BOARD IN ALL OF THESE?
The National Film Video Censors Board (NFVCB), is the regulatory body set up by Act No. 85 of 1993 to regulate films and videos industry in Nigeria. NFVCB Board is empowered by law to classify all films and videos whether imported or produced locally. It is also the duty of the Board to register all films and video outlets across the country and to keep a register of such registered outlets among other functions in order to ensure national values. They are also to censor motion picture film, home movies and video productions; but have they been very diligent to function in their official duties in view of the massive infiltration of film and movie productions with false religious doctrines/bigotry, idolatry, violence etc as enumerated earlier. The current situation in the film industry is very frightening.

It is an all-comers affair of "damaging and destructive gabages in the form of entertainment", which has swept both religious and faith morals into the dust bins and incinerators and we believe that the right time to arrest this unhealthy development by the Ministries of Information and Culture at the Federal and State levels is NOW! Nigeria should not degenerate into an abyss of idolatry and GODLESSNESS IN THE NAME OF ENTERTAINMENT AND FOREIGN EARNINGS!


I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon. 08130669886, 08098194390. 08080243066 g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com.

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