The Chairman of the premier Igbo organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Somtochukwu N'abania has cried out in desperation over a psychotic epidemic pervading Igboland. During a press conference with journalists, he cried for help from the Federal Government to provide assistance to the psychiatric wards in the South East.

''We are crying out to the Federal Government because the state governments in the South East have ignored this problem. I just came from the Psychiatric ward in the General Hospital in Onitsha there and it is a sorry sight. A very sorry sight. My brothers and sisters, people who could have led exemplary lives screaming at the top of their lungs YORUBA WANT TO KILL ME. . . YORUBA WANT TO KILL ME. And they just keep repeating and repeating, nodding their heads like they are in Koranic school. And this is the story from Asaba to Abakaliki.'' he said.

Phone calls to the various state commissioners proved unfruitful as in each case, the calls went to voice mail. Weirdly, the voice greetings on these phones screamed ''GET AWAY FROM ME YORUBA. . .GET AWAY FROM ME YORUBA''.




www.nyemefege-news.com

PSYCHOSIS EPIDEMIC ON THIS THREAD. . . . .

EzeUche0:

Listen clearly boy. . . We Igbos have no king. That is why we vote for anyone whom we choose. In our entire history, no one dictated to us what to do.

So what is the point of Ohanaeze choosing a candidate for all Igbo to follow ?


You can't have it both ways. Highlight the individuality of the Igbo but then kowtow to Umbrella organisations like this whose mandate is shaky at best.

Thesame  goes for all the talk from organisations like Afenifere and the Northern Political Forum who seem to be able to hijack the debate without any challenge from the media.

We all just seem to accept the legitimacy of organisations that were most likely formed on a whim by a couple of privileged and corrupt individuals.

Houllier is very stupid. . .

That Delfounso boy can't play to save his hair rows.

If he had left Agbonlahor on with his pace, they would have
had a better chance of attacking United on the break.

lol. . . I knew  never to trust VILLA to be useful in their life.

I enjoy days like this. . . .

Na wa. . . Don't know how anyone can defend Ice Prince's version.

I thought the original was great despite him. . . . . .

Lol. . . .I have your time. I really really have your time.

Though I have to navigate all the swear words   I will still answer you.


The talk was never about how much money or financial muscle was available to help the British film Industry.

The issue was whether there was public intervention when the industry went into a slide or not. The amount devoted to rejuvenating the industry would always be arbitrary and subject to the whims and caprices of whosoever is in charge of intervening.

So all this talk about financial muscle is you indulging in conjectures. THE POINT IS PUBLIC INTERVENTION DOES NOT GIVE A FILM INDUSTRY IMMUNITY FROM A BOOM AND BUST CYCLE. If that is the case, it makes no sense wasting public funds on an industry that will inevitably find a way to make itself viable again.


The fact is my friend. . . .Four Weddings And A Funeral was the exception when it came to successful British Films. Exception in terms of an out and out success that became a big hit. The vast majority of films that became huge and can be characterised as British have been by and large funded by private British and American studio money. That is the thread that runs through most of the biggest successes whether it is the hugely successful James Bond series from as far back as the middle of the last century or recent franchises like the HARRY POTTER and WORKING TITLE animation flicks.

"The new century has so far been a relatively successful one for the British film industry. Many British films have found a wide international audience due to funding from BBC Films, Film 4 and the UK Film Council and some of the independent production companies, such as Working Title, have secured financing and distribution deals with major American studios."

Now clearly this is only a quote. An expression of someone's opinion that is clearly not borne out by the facts on ground.

I have put the link down here of the 20 biggest British films by gross. Besides Full Monty, none of the publicly funded films make any kinda imprint. And remember the UK FILM COUNCIL has apparently had a hand in 900 films since it was created in  2000, according to the council itself.

http://sy09.ukfilmcouncil.ry.com/?id=41125



IF THIS IS NOT IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE LAST DECADE OR SO WAS DUE TO THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT PRIVATE FUNDING AND NOT THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PUBLIC PURSE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.

An industry that was virtually dead, ramping up to be second in production level within 10-13 years, AND STILL REMAINS second, is bouyant.

It might have peaked and waning due to lack of quality, which now brings us to the point that makes your head Isi-Ewu Onyagiri!

Now. . . .Since  you seem to like the word conjecture so much. Is it not conjectural this your statement that a lack of quality is the reason why the industry is in decline? Actually its just false.

The popular opinion as to why the industry declined was the  expulsion of the marketers, the ersthwhile financiers of this films, by the intervention of the government. And for what reason were they expelled? The search for quality. the very same reason you advocate as to why the industry declined. There are fewer films being made is the major ingredient of the decline.

You really don't know much about Nollywood do you?  You really need to know your subject before you start opening your fat laden mouth.

Who was your business teacher?

So you are given a case study where an industry is facing growth challenges of (I take this from your quote here:https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-546613.128.html#msg7129136):

- Declining sales figures
- Lack of creative juices leading to monotony of product
- Utilisation of below par CDs in distributing products
- Insufficient funds to hire the most famous and crowd attracting stars

Now see. . .this is an industry you described as ''BUOYANT'' above. YOU ARE SUCH A FOOL.


LOL. . .in an ideal world. Of course the money would help. But the basis of my argument
all along is that the situation in Nigeria is far from ideal. The Federal Government in Nigeria
is constituted to fail on even the most basic tasks. That is why I brought up interventions
that have been performed by the FG in other sectors that might predict the end result of
this venture.

Defining success in the creative industry is a very difficult thing and it is prone to all kinds of
interpretations. Any monies put into this will most likely end up in someone's pockets largely
because it is difficult to hold them accountable. They could simply bring up an arbitrary index
to show the utilisation of funds.

Lol. . .NICE!!!!!!

If it will make you jump up in your pram. I can't answer the questions.

Now address the points I raised above. I am eagerly waiting.

Sagamite:

I slaughtered you on 5 points + the Sauron one (thank you for reminding me  )

You only came back defending one. You no get shame? 

I asked you about the rest, you said you were responding one by one. 

So where is the next one na?

Where is the rest? You want me to deviate and leave them behind? 

If you cannot defend them just say so. Say I have been gutted!!!

After that, we move on, the one you responded to, I will be very, very, very happy to gut you with, as your bringing those points to me is like bringing the noose you will be hanged with to a KKK convention.  You are too daft to know what you did.

First of all, answer the rest + Sauron accusation or admit you were gutted with those so I can have the suya now before I call Iya Comfort to use your head for Isi Ewu with the idiotic points you brought. 

I wait, you said one by one right? 

I know this trick Mumu. You hope I will get weary in the face of your silliness.

I dare you to address the ones I have put up already. I don't have to be the one on the defensive.

On Nollywood Buoyancy and the Textile Industry analogy.
Address my arguments there and then we will move on to your other daft questions,




Lol. . .I have your time well. Shebi you were begging me on the other thread
to come here where no one is watching. . . I will show you how imperiously
daft you are on this and other threads.

Empty barrels like you will always slip up one way or another.

Sagamite:

Are these your response to the 4 other points "you were getting to"?

Should I wait a bit longer for your responses or we can assume you have been gutted and I can start making my suya using your loin?

Let me wait. I am waiting Ocho cinco.

Gutted . . . .I asked you a simple question and you were hoping others would come and respond on your behalf.

YOU SAID NOLLYWOOD WAS BUOYANT. . . .I PROVED YOU WRONG

WHICH SHOWED HOW DUMB YOU WERE TO OBJECT TO USING THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY INTERVENTION AS AN ANALOGY. . .

I ALSO SHOWED YOU HOW YOUR OWN RELIANCE ON THE BRITISH MODEL DOES NOT OFFER ANY SUPPORT FOR THIS INTERVENTION.


SO WHO GUTTED WHO?

ALL THAT FAT IN YOUR BRAIN MUST BE CAUSING YOU ANEURYSMS.



The thing is . . .you are nowhere near as smart as you think you are. You think aping the gung-ho debating tactics of SAURON will win you a debate. No it won't man.

Or even worse. . hoping others will come to your rescue in some kind of gang up attack. That doesn't help either.

You have been found out for the spoilt little kid you are. Now go get on a Stair master. Get rid of all that puppy fat.

Sagamite:

I am just quoting this in advance, because I am going to use this silly, moronic question to GUT you. 

Thank the Lord you made this silly post. Any intelligent person reading this thread will be shaking their head and wondering how daft you can be to ask such a silly question.

I wait for the responses. 

See. . .that's the problem. You have been trying to play to the gallery and only sounding like a hormonal teen fixated on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

You are a MONGOOSE. A retarded one too.

And I eagerly await the responses. . . . .Unlike you I don't make ignorant comments.

Lol. . . .If you weren't such a fat toad, I would have called on Scotland Yard to get on your  case.


All those dumb EXPENDABLE style action films must be giving you ideas. Watch some real quality films guy.


CARRY ON DI. . .CK (1974) 

With what I have showed you now. . .

THE QUESTION FOR YOU NOW IS. . . . .

IF THE BRITISH INDUSTRY STILL WENT INTO DECLINE WITH EXTENSIVE PUBLIC INTERVENTION. WHY WOULD ANYONE SUGGEST GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AS A PANACEA FOR OUR OWN AILING INDUSTRY?

Sagamite:

You are retarded!!!

You are what? . . . . . You are retarded!!!

Say: Yes Sir!

Where did I say Four Wedding and a funeral is the first time people started watching UK films?

You want to use conjectures on me, slowpoke?

That is by the way.

Your retarded challenge was that you did not agree that British films where on a decline before the success of Four Weddings?

Now you want to change the argument and strawman me?

Don't get paranoid Fat boy. . . .No bullying going on here lol

Now show me where I said the Film Industry in Britain was not in decline?


And no need to get pedantic , . . . .I apologise. What you said was

NO ONE REALLY WATCHED BRITISH FILMS BEFORE FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL

Now. . . .You said my analogy using the textile industry was not apt based on your contention that Nollywood was buoyant.

But I just gave you a link from an industry insider who clearly said ''NOLLYWOOD IS IN TROUBLE''.


So your objection is overruled. And we can thus use the TEXTILE INDUSTRY intervention as a template for predicting the performance
of this intervention right?

Sagamite:


You are retarded!!!

You are what? . . . . . You are retarded!!!

Say: Yes Sir!

So after I destroy all your 5 points, this is all you could come up with?  

You could only retain claim to one point, slowpoke?  

Let me first let you digest that before I reap into this!!!  

Come back here and defend your 4 other points before I cut you into shreds with the info you just provided.

There is only one outcome when you challenge me intellectually: Gut, cut and dice! [Seun, where the f is the King emoticon?]

I await the foooool!

LOL, . . .This is so lame. Childish to be honest.


I am getting to each point one by one.

Now. . .Pertaining to this quote you posted here.

You did not see the beginnng line in the link (1990s) that said: "With Eady gone many studios closed or focused on television work, film production in the UK hit one of its all-time lows in 1989. While cinema audiences were climbing in the UK in the early 1990s, few British films were enjoying significant commercial success, even in the home market."

Remember your contribution was that Public intervention helped to buoy the industry after it fell into hard times in 1989.

And remember you also said FILM4 was an arm of CHANNEL 4 a public institution. So Intervention by FILM4 can be inferred as Public Intervention.

And you also said Four Weddings and A Funeral was the first time people started watching British Films. A film that was produced by FILM4. Proof for you that public intervention helped the industry.


BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ARGUMENT. FILM4 WAS SET UP IN 1982. WELL BEFORE THE CRASH OF THE FILM INDUSTRY IN 1989.

SO PUBLIC INTERVENTION DID NOT SAVE THE INDUSTRY FROM CRASHING IN 1989 IF WE ARE TO FOLLOW YOUR LINE OF THOUGHT.


And I will also add that the BBC has been involved in Film Production as far back as the 1950's when it bought Ealing Studios, the studio responsible for famous films like PASSPORT TO PIMLICO, THE LADYKILLERS etc.

So Public Intervention was there when the FILM INDUSTRY CRASHED IN 1989. IT COULD NOT STOP IT.

YOU FOLLOW. . . . .

Lol . . . .Like seriously. Are you are a mental patient. Your father must have been very proficient with the Koboko. Its a shame it didn't do much good.

What's with the repeated recitations. You don't have to prove your Koranic school credentials. Jeez.


Now. . .back to the issue at hand.

On buoyancy of Nollywood. The following will do

Hard times hit Nollywood

These are not the best of times for stakeholders in the Nigerian home video and film industry. Everybody, from the producers and marketers to actors and actresses, seems to be affected by a glaring dip in the fortunes of the industry.

An indication that the hard times had crept in came when marketers began to grumble aloud about sharp drops in the sales of home video films. Many reasons were advanced for this. Some people believed that it came as a result of diminished interest in most of the films that were released in the market. They said that most of the films had become boring and monotonous and consumers no longer found it necessary to buy them. Others attributed it to the proliferation of films recorded on inferior CDs in the market.

Sources informed http://nigeriafilms.com that the movie marketers reacted by slashing the fees earned by actors and actresses so much that it forced some of them who couldn‘t endure the humiliation to stay off the screen.

The situation has become so bad, they say, that even notable actors and actresses, such as Ini Edo and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, whose faces used to be seen by viewers regularly on the screen, no longer enjoy hundred per cent patronage from filmmakers.

Apart from that, it appears that the marketers and producers alike are now less inclined to hiring some of these popular artistes, whom they have labeled ‘overused‘. ”They are simply tired of featuring these artistes. What they are doing now is looking for new and younger people that they won‘t have to pay a lot of money to appear in their films,” a source disclosed.

http://www.ghanatouristvillas.com/news2/4752/4/hard-times-hit-nollywood.html

I have other links: http://www.nigeriamovies.net/news/news16.php (Headline: Nollywood is in Trouble- KANAYO O. KANAYO)

Lol. . . I can't actually believe so many are coming on the side of SP.

The guy's music, nay, album was at best a guilty pleasure.

Sagamite:

I am into flogging, hammering, slaughtering and ruthlessly gutting them for their STEWPID ARGUMENTS!!!

LOL. . . I thought it all sounded familiar. OMG. You are trying to imitate SAURON aren't you. Its unmistakable.

You are a really sorry case. Honestly. No originality at all. If you deny it, I will post this quote in the
United section and see what they think. So just shut up and don't deny it okay.

ASSWIPE!!!!!!!!



Now . . . .Unlike the ridiculous comment you made about British History, you managed to twist my words, but I will still address the questions. To show you how daft you simply are for even thinking you can score cheap points.

1. Dividing the pie six ways: You insist on saying ''dividing six ways''. I suggested this might be one of the ways the dictum of Federal character could play out. But the primary point was, a bureaucracy, whether committee or even a full fledged public body will need to be created to distribute the funds . And it could also play out that each region would create a film body which is a multiplication of bureaucracies. And what do bureaucracies do best. They meddle. They try to justify their existence and in so doing do more harm than good.


2. On Channel Four. Unlike the BBC, funding for Channel Four comes from both Advertising and the Public Purse. Which puts it in a bit of a dilemma. The fact it has to take money from the public purse means it is subject to public scrutiny about its output. So part of its budget must go to programmes that it knows will not make money. Channel 4's biggest franchise the past decade was BIG BROTHER and its Celebrity spin off. Solid, profit making fodder. Because of a racism row, the channel was criticised by Ofcom and the Culture Minister, disregarding the profits the company made from it. The Minister went on to say,

"Channel 4 has always been at its strongest when it has closely adhered to its public purpose: innovative, educational, distinctive, and appealing to diverse audiences,"

This is what a broadcaster with even the tiniest bit of connection to the public purse has to cope with. Now imagine if it was our
greedy and I TOO KNOW politicians.


3. And there was no conjecture about GEJ providing funds for films that would lose money. The provision of these funds would most likely be made without regard for whether there is going to be a profit or not. Primarily because there is no incentive to. Nepotism, tribalism and plain old corruption would most likely be the critical factors in determining where the money goes to, and not hardknuckle cost benefit analysis. ITS THE WAY BUSINESS HAS BEEN DONE. DON'T KNOW WHY YOU THINK IT WILL BE ANY DIFFERENT NOW.

I do know actually. . .You are dumb.


4. Now on PHCN. You were probably too busy recollecting all the many times your Father called you a slowpoke that you did not consider what I wrote.

My introduction of PHCN had to do with your naivete over extra funds not helping a venture. All I did was show you a venture where extra money has simply sucked in more and more money. More money poured into an institution does not equate to improvement. THAT IS ALL.

I don't know what your point is about civil servants running PHCN. Or do you mean non - civil servants will administer these funds. Or GEJ will simply hand it from his bedroom to each nollywood producer that catches his fancy?

I will echo your father again. . . .slowpoke.


5. Now, on the textile industry and the INTERVENTION FUND to help revive it. The fact it is a dead industry is irrelevant. The point is, the funds are trying to serve thesame purpose. Help an industry that is thought to be ailing.

I don't know where you got this idea of a BUOYANT industry. If it was buoyant, why would government decide to intervene at all.


You see this is what happens when you try to score cheap points. You take your eyes off the ball.

And make moronic statements like

No one really watched British Movies before Four Weddings and a Funeral

Oh we know all about Shina well well. . .We know about how Sammy, his all time benefactor, used to carry his tapes everywhere  to try to get him a lift and the music was widely derided.

The man was a one album hit wonder jor.

Sagamite:

Why Ocho cinco?

Why? Why, slowpoke?

Why do you try it?

Why come for more?

Why keep fighting?

Do you think you can ever step to me intellectually? Do you just love being flogged? You love being shown as a slowpoke?

Even Kobo would never attempt to hang about for such pain? She knows better and would not dare. She knows her limits.

Illusions Ocho cinco!!! Vagaries of perception! The temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose! And all of your likes inevitably fall when I cut your arguments with my super intellect! Although only a slowpoke mind could think he can stand up to Sagamite!

You must be able to see it, ocho cinco. You must know it by now! You can't win! Your intellect is below my feet!

Why, Ocho cinco? Why? Why do you persist? I am your GOD!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. . . .Is this chap for real?

You sound as smart as Soulja Boy trying to rap on Economic theory.

I suggest you start brushing up on some British film history rather than post Ogre-wash.

Carry On Up the Jungle (1970) will do nicely.

lol . . . . .I have a feeling he  might be taken out of context.

But jeez. . .of all the people to be calling someone empty.

He of the ''Sikira Sikira , oya werewere kiyamosa. . .'' fame.

Epic Joke.

Kobojunkie:

Who made the above claim? Where?? Who??

lol. . . the ''imperiously intelligent'' Sugomite did.

Sagamite:

You didn't see who said it from where you quoted it?

lemme guess. . .you will come with the same question I already addressed before right. lol

Come. . .do you know you have an uncanny resemblance to SHREK? Its not a diss or anything o.
Just noticed it is all.

Environer:

I think the Igbos are more relevant than the Yoruba today. That is why presido is doing everything for the Igbos from Airport to Road, to appointing CAS and many more. What has he done for the Yoruba? Nothing. He knows with Baba Obj Yoruba vote is guaranteed so no need to work hard there.

These contracts were awarded only yesterday. Quite a few in the SW.  I wonder what silliness you will come up with now.

The council on Wednesday also approved N41bn for the construction and rehabilitation of eight roads across the country.

The roads include Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Osogbo-Ilesa, Ijebu Ode-Ibadan Road, Abeokuta-Ibadan Road, Ibadan-Lagere-Iremo-Enuwa-Ilesa By-pass, Ahoada-Omoku-Road phase 1, Ozalla-Akpugo-Amagunze-Ihuokpara-Nkomoro-Isu-Onicha Road, Umuahia-Ikot Epene Road, Suleja-Minna Road and Otukpa-Oweto Road.

Its a long potholed road from a contract being awarded in Nigeria to its execution.

lol . . .You see Environer. You can take a cue from the Yoruba poster above.

You criticise a Yoruba Man, and he doesn't respond with, ''its an Ibo conspiracy, Ibos want to bring a Yoruba man down''

He didn't go all psychotic.

And all because I pointed out this piece of Ignorance you produced.

Sagamite:

No one really watched British Movies before Four Weddings and a Funeral

Guy . . .Its really okay to sound ignorant. Especially as it fits your face so well.

Lol . . .Fajuiyi was an Ikokore man too abi?

Sagamite:

Go back to the thread where I whacked you, Dumbo! You think I am the type you can change topics on? I will not let you deviate from the point you are running from.

Your intellect is below my feet.

lol . . .with your circular arguments?

Here you are posting links Lording it with your ''imperious intelligence''. (Gosh. can't get over that. what a schmuck)

And I decide to tell the unsuspecting folks what a ridiculous fraud you are, and you are begging me to disappear.


Question still remains. . .Did you or did you not defend criminal piracy on another thread? And did you not defend it on the basis
that it provides employment for otherwise idle youths?

And if you did, does that not make you a hypocrite considering these age cheats you are disparaging here
would also otherwise be idle?

I reckon you are not a hypocrite. You are just stupid. Really stupid. The inconsistency is not obvious to you at all.

The article echoes my sentiments exactly.

Sagamite:

Retard!!!

You are looking for another place to be flogged?

lol. . . .Your imperious stupidity has been highlighted and I bet you are loooking to hide behind Oyb's skirt again.

Jeez. . . .He defends youths involved in piracy in one thread and then comes here in all his fraudulent self righteous glory
to castigate guys involved in age cheating.

How will you resolve the obvious contradictions ehn Sugomite?

What a Doofus,