LOL. . . I hear the head of the committee is one OlojuAja Eshubiyi

Achebe has no chance in hell with that kind of man at the helm.

It was never United's fault. They played on the front foot as usual.

MANCINI SHOULD BE FIRED. PERIOD.

Sagamite:

That is one of the fundamental problems.

As I said earlier alot of Nigerians are not much different from their leaders, but they would be complaining.

Go and look at the numerous threads where I am criticising Nigeria for age-cheating in age-grade competitions in football, the Nigerians on NL uses the same pathetic excuse of "everyone is doing it syndrome", even attempting to lie that Europeans, that have a strong record keeping system and an antagonistic press, are doing it too. Some even get annoyed and start insulting me for not being (in their moronic world) "patriotic" and support our cheating.

Then these same individuals with a mentality that supports cheating for their own gain want to come and condemn their leaders that have the same mentality.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-487082.256.html#msg6475258
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-487082.416.html#msg6478127
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-484308.224.html#msg6450165

You FOOL . . . .

You were defending piracy in another thread just now.

People. . This guy is a fraud. He flip flops as readily as a corrupt Nigerian Politician.

It is definitely an alternative approach but the piracy is one of the few employment areas for the tons of unemployed youths in Nigeria.

Blocking them from making a living might lead to other problems if no alternative is available. Re: Idle fingers.

He arbitrarily chooses the kind of cheating he wants to support.

What are the chances he is funding his education through illicit proceeds from piracy eh. Fat lot of good the education has done him too

I hate United with a passion, but I have never been more irritated by a coach than I am by Mancini.

So United should please score. . . .PLEASE.

LOL. . . .stop pandering to Oyb. Thats like a child's trick.

You have argued in your imperious stupidity to let leeches be in an industry while at the same time pouring money into that same industry.

Like Dude. . . .

Sagamite:

As I said, you have a point.

The reality is that any copyright protection enforcement would most likely cost Nigeria loads considering our development stage and will lead to very few making money.

Not only Nigerian films will benefit but also Hollywood movies, those will just milk Nigerians.

WTF IS THIS PIECE OF SHIT

Princek12:

Your argument is now going circular. According to you, blocking piracy might lead to other problems because the infringers are umemployed youths who will have no alternative. But the essence of blocking the piracy is to make sure that the industry is growing so as to create legitimate jobs, whose benefits will outweigh any interest in allowing pirates to continue to operate with impunity.

Without law and order and respect for the intellectual property rights, the growth of the industry will be stifled, which will not help to create jobs. I disagree with you on that point.

lol . . .I didn't bother pointing that out to him. He just won't get it.

**whispers** He is kinda slow you see

lol . . .you know what. . Go and lick Patience's wrinkled ass.

Gosh. . . Imperiously Intelligent is what he called himself you know.

I no fit use Aboki do Einstein abeg.

lol. . . .This is not a criminal investigation guys. He won't be going to prison.

Sagamite:

You are retarded!!!

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

Say: Yes Sir!

So the funds GEJ is providing would be given for films they assess would make a loss or would be given based on loss-making potential? Another useless point by a slowpoke.

Fooool.

LOL . . . .yours is a brain that thinks in binaries.

God. . .its kinda amusing though. A simple mind.

So because I said Film4 makes its investment decisions based on profit motive, you jumped on that morsel. lol

Public bodies do make decisions without considering the profit implications my friend. Some actually do invest in things that are economically unsound. Sort of like Channel 4 putting on public affairs programmes to satisfy its public remit even when it knows advertisers will shun such
material.

LOL. . . . and there you were talking about economics/business teachers. Imperiously intelligent.  

Gosh. . . Ewure no smart but im Mama still like am sha  

Sagamite:

You might a point. It is definitely an alternative approach but the piracy is one of the few employment areas for the tons of unemployed youths in Nigeria.

Blocking them from making a living might lead to other problems if no alternative is available. Re: Idle fingers.

LOL. . . .What a fool.

So the makers of counterfeit drugs should be left to their own devices because closing them down might idle some hands.

EWURE NI BOBO YI SHA.

Sagamite:

You are retarded!!!

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

Say: Yes Sir!

So you are to daft in research too?

Four Weddings and Full Monty were sponsored by Channel Four films, now call Film4. Channel Four is a public TV station that backs British Movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Four_Films

Even that said, records show that British films were generally more successful in the 2000s, so your highlight the setting up of the UK Film Council in 2000 to publicly fund films only highlight my points.

Quote: "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."

Fooool!

You are retarded!!!

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

Say: Yes Sir!

You don't need to rehash your point, you need to rehash your brain with sandpaper.

After your daft rehashing, you still have not come up with how, bureaucy or not, the availability of the funds will retrograde the industry? Retard!

How will the industry BE BETTER OFF without access to the funds, you foooool?

I repeat, your intellect is below my feet!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. . . . .lol. You Doofus. You bloody Dodoyo.

So Film 4's funding of Four Weddings and a Funeral is analogous to Jonathan sinking scarce funds into God knows where.

FILM4 is a strictly profit making arm of Channel 4. It has nothing to do with the public remit which governs Channel 4.  It funds films strictly on the basis of their profit making potential alone.

Same goes for BBC FILMS too.

Like, how did i get to arguing with an absolute simpleton. Its obvious your knowledge goes no deeper than the nominal crass Sun reader.


And you know what. . .Its unfair o. You were being such a good civil boy. Then I pointed out your ignorant statement about no British film being as big before Four Weddings came along. And all hell broke loose. lol. Jeez.  

WHAT A VERY STUPID BOY YOU ARE.

Lol. . . .You are sounding ever psychotic with every new post. LMAO.

But jokes apart. . .you are a stupid boy, walahi. And you called yourself imperiously intelligent.
I don't even know where to start, cause you obviously lack any kind of background knowledge
to have reasonable discourse with you.

You think putting ADVANCED COUNTRY in caps gives the idea of a film subsidy a kind of automatic
endorsement for every other country to follow. That is Moronic.

Different country. . .Different requirements. . . .Different needs.

And I just took a quick glance at a little history of the film council just now. It was set up in 2000.
You know the implications of this for your argument ehn. The two biggest successes in recent memory
came before the current regime of Cool Brittania subsidies. The Full Monty and Four Weddings did not
enjoy central funding from the Central Government.

Now. . .back to Nigeria again.

Just to be clear. . I will rehash what I stated before

So why oh why should the government start to meddle in its affairs. It will only do more harm than good. What with the spectre of Federal Character and hypocrisy in all its guises that comes with associating with the Federal government, I would advise the Nollywood practitioners to say thanks but no thanks.

I will give you examples of how government intervention might do harm than good. Hope your brain can follow.

Governments doing things leads to the establishment of bureaucracies. To administer the funds, I bet the opportunists in government will establish another quango that will need its own budget and to develop relevance will cost more than any benefits it provides. There will be staff cars, and nepotistic appointments and bribe taking etc. Multiply this by six cause each region will probably want its own body. That my friend is doing harm to the polity. Because it is waste.

You might call it conjecture, but I call it reality. It is the way the government in Nigeria operates. It operates to perpetuate itself at every opportunity and in whatever capacity.

Ironically, it is the war against bureaucracy that has led the Tory government to dismantle the UK Film Council. And of course if the ADVANCED COUNTRY is going the other way, why is your imperious daftness dead set on going against the grain. Your Imperial Superiors have after all done their research.

JEEZ. . . .WHAT A slowpoke.

lol , . You are just a buffoon. Imperiously Stupid I must say.

I was being nice and avoided insults. But I see when your argument has no basis your last refuge is to haul abuses. Imperiously Intelligent you say.
More Like Royally Dumb.

This is what you said . . . . . .''No one really watched British Films before Four Weddings and A Funeral''. THIS IS DUMB.

And you should learn to read. . . .Nowhere did I say distributing funds will lead to the degradation of the industry in Lagos or South East. If you stopped using your Kpomo lips to think, you will understand I meant its no use putting funds to use where they will really not do much good, when there are other places that would make better use of them.

lol. . . That one about Economics teacher really got to me. Honestly, it really did. You are just a really dumb fellow. And to think I assumed you had some intelligence. I am indeed the naive one.

Okay. . .I will give you the most obvious example in the Nigerian context where extra funds have not led to any marked improvement but now is a money pit of sorts. You heard about the power problem in Nigeria right. Thesame power problem that has sucked billions of dollars but with no improvement in the power problem in Nigeria. Yep. I bet your imperial stupidness will advocate ceaseless infusion of funds right.

But to show off how good my economics teacher was. I will give you another example. The textile industry intervention fund that is a furtive attempt to prop up an industry in the North of the country without the fundamentals to support it. 70 billion naira available so far and most likely into the pockets of some civil servant sitting in Abuja. I know you don't mind too. You probably want to get your hands on such illicit gains as well. Barawo.

lol . . . .All these screaming of dumb, dumb, dumb. Quite Juvenile isn't it. Reminds me of those cretins in ''Clockwork Orange''. Haaaaa. . .I bet you haven't seen it. Your knowledge of film history starts post-1994 after all.

Jeez. . . .What a Regal Schmuck.

I think Oyinda. said it best.

Unbridled capitalism is as bad as Unbridled socialism.

There is no arbitrary ideal level of government that is needed
or suitable for all epochs, but it is healthy if the ballot box sorts
out the various alternatives on offer.

EzeUche0:

I think the reason why Chinua Achebe has not received the Nobel Prize in Literature is due to the fact that he had spoken out against Joseph Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness. He stated that the novel is racist, while many Europeans adore that book of Africa. The fact that Chinua Achebe equated his book as a response to Heart of Darkness has not won him many fans in the elite literary circles of Europe. That is the main reason why I feel he has not been awarded the Nobel Prize in Lierature.

lol . . . . .HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Environer:

Here is the spin: Yorubas are mad as hell that Emeagwali claims that he won a prize equivalent to the Nobel prize which Soyinka a Yoruba has won. Now they want him to rescind that statement or he goes down. Since Nobel prize or its equivalent by any form or shape, implied or real, must only be won by a Yoruba. Hahahah! Only Chineke/Olodumare/God knows what will happen if Achebe gets a Nobel Prize. And who even knows why Achebe, whose work is far more widely acknowledged than Soyinka's, does not have a Nobel prize yet? Are Yorubas doing some ground work in that one too?Hahahah!

@Sagamite.

To say no one really watched British films before Four Weddings and a Funeral is to display ignorance about British film history and you can refer to the links you put there to know that it is not true. The most obvious repudiation of this outrageous conjecture is the Bond Franchise. And I am almost certain, no government funding has ever been required to bring these films to market.

There was a vibrant film history before 1994 and a film industry I might add that did not need public funding to attract American interest in producing films in the UK.

And using the British film industry as an example really doesn't provide support for the idea that is being peddled here.

The link between Government funding through the UK film council and resurgence (not emergence) of the film industry is tenuous at best. The biggest hits have had nothing to do with Public funding. And many of these hits would still have been made without direct government funding anyway. Sixteen million pounds in government support to explain the success of the British film industry really doesn't fly at all. The ability of producers in the UK to attract big budget investments from big US studios is a better bet.

I would argue the critical factor in recent renewed interest in British films has more to do with taste and a market for Richard Curtis style romantic films which have been the biggest hitters in the crucial American market. The taste factor will also explain the success of British films in the swinging '60's when they resonated with the sexual mores of the times.

Whether British films will continue to succeed will not depend in any measure on the withdrawal or continued support of the British government. Some small productions you probably never heard about might not get made, but films with reasonable commercial potential definitely will.

Now. . back to Nigeria. If you cannot see the reasons why distributing monies on the basis of regional equity is a bad thing, then perhaps you are not as ''imperiously intelligent'' as you presume. It is as bad an idea as building a studio in Tinapa in Cross River when most producers would rather have one built in Lagos or somewhere in the South East where those who make films are concentrated. I can imagine to what use the Northern regions would make of the funds when the social environment suggests  a film industry in that area has as much chance of surviving as a indecency store in Kano city centre.

Why you think the a Federal Government that has proved inept in performing the most simple of functions will suddenly morph into an efficient patron of the arts is beyond me. Its either I am hopelessly cynical or you are simply naive.  


As per Bollywood and having huge premieres in London and being popular in places like Pakistan. Is this any different from the popularity of Nollywood films around Africa or the sudden explosion of premieres of nollywood films in London as well. So what's your point? If the industry did this without government support, why throw money at it if not for venal purposes.

vorosmartm:

Guy, you are strong willed and daft. Talking to you is a waste of time, besides the man has already done it all these highly poisonous colloquies will change nada.

ONE LOVE STILL

lol. . . .Don't you have to go lick OUR DYNAMIC LEADER'S butt.

Sagamite:


Except you have read somewhere that Fed Character is part of the bargain then your retrogressive speculation is a mere conjecture.

And you are just naive.  . . .Everything the Federal government does has to conform to Federal Character. Each region of the Federation will be clamouring for its own piece of the largesse.

Sagamite:

The cash injection is likely to accelerate it. The same happened in the UK when the government injected funds.

On what basis. . . .Do they make more films or is it the quality of the films you refer to? I would be interested in any solid facts you can provide to substantiate this claim about the UK film industry.

Sagamite:


Quality of production, not quantity.

Potential increase in industry revenue as quality attracts a wider audience.

I, for one, have only ever seen 4 Nigerian films in my life because of poor quality.

But the millions who patronise Nollywood don't seem to have your cultured palate. The millions who made it the number 2 film industry in the world.

You seem to be indulging in conjectures yourself. . . . .Bollywood pays attention to production values and I am yet to see the wider audience it has attracted.  A wider audience beyond the confines of the dingy cinema halls in Mumbai or Calcutta.

And frankly, I doubt, no matter the exponential increase in the production values, you will be a fan of Nollywood anytime soon.

Now that is conjecture. . . lol

Sagamite:

Returns from government investment in the film industry is not dominated by OR limited to just the things you listed there. That is just a jejune conjecture.

It includes others like:

Tangible - Job creation, GDP growth, economic diversification etc

Intangible - Culture promotion, national pride, advancement in the Arts etc

lol. . .I took you for a smart guy. I didn't think I needed to state the obvious.

Sagamite:

It is not a vanity project.

There are THOUSANDS of people that are employed by the industry and it helps in economic diversification.

Furthermore, it has been a success so far without the infrastructure you listed. You don't need to wait and develop those infrastructure before you accelerate the industry, you can do it concurrently, not compulsorily sequentially.

The only thumbs down is the copyright laws but to face the fact, abuse of that also feeds alot of families and reduces the gap between the rich and the poor.

It has been a success so far without the infrastructure I listed.  . . .Same way it has also been a success without any government largesse. The industry has proven self sufficient so far and it is even undergoing a time of self transformation, all  of its own making. So why oh why should the government start to meddle in its affairs. It will only do more harm than good. What with the spectre of Federal Character and hypocrisy in all its guises that comes with associating with the Federal government, I would advise the Nollywood practitioners to say thanks but no thanks.

And you talk of accelerated growth. . . .Accelerate to where. They tell me it is already number 2 in the world. It isn't going to produce more than India anyway with that country's large population. So where is it going? There are only so many VCD's you can release in a week before you go from being a joke to a complete farce. There has to be a balance between providing employment and maintaining credibility as a creative industry.

And the thing is ,  . when foreign governments subsidise or give incentives to their film industry. It is usually to highlight the country as a suitable location for shooting films or induce tourists to make a visit. So New Zealand offered massive incentives to a Hollywood studio to shoot the latest part of the Lord of the Rings franchise to promote its tourist sites as well as secure it as a location for future film ventures.

It will take more than the Nigerian government can afford to attract any such interest in an environment that is just one rung above war torn Somalia.

They should make the society decent first. . . .Then we might start to talk luxuries such as subsidising Anita Joseph's next bosom job.

Sagamite:

Even the British film industry gets public funds injected through the National Lottery.

That is one of the ways under-developed markets can compete with Hollywood.

Now we are talking. . . Although Tory austerity has rearranged priorities and the UK film council
has been a victim of the cost cutting going on. And they have roads, and rail and light and water,
yet they are doing away with the kind of thing we want to set up.

Priorities. . .Priorities.

In a country without light, roads, security, it still baffles me how one can defend
spending over 20 billion naira to support a vanity project.

So typically African.

vorosmartm:



GUY YOU MUST BE A DUFFER TO BE AGAINST WHAT OUR DYNAMIC LEADER IS DOING.

Lol. . . .I am laughing so hard. Did you just call GEJ ''OUR DYNAMIC LEADER''?

Well, we Nigerians always had a penchant for aping the worst of the worst.

If the communist North Korean state calls its President Our Dear Leader. . .we will outdo them in a classy
Nollywood way.


Now. . .Numbskull that you are. . .open your ear and listen.
Your defence of this preposterous idea is even more galling.
At least others defending it suggested the money be channelled
into building distribution. Which has its merits. Building cinemas
might actually do some good, though there might be conditions to
build in far flung places like Damaturu or Jalingo. Which will inevitably
lead to these places morphing into LovePeddler houses or burukutu joints
within a decade.

But you in your infinite stupidity have articulated handing over the funds
to the producers themselves. To produce Mercy Johnson's Boobs part 5?

Imagine. . . .Give money to producers of movies to make films for a market that is prone to piracy.
Its an insult to hares to call this a hare brained idea. Why not just use the money to wipe your ass
you scarified junkie. It would do a lot more good than this scheme.

And to top it off. Why is it only the entertainment industry that is deserving of a subsidy. Cause it is
a priority you schmuck. Right?

Many contractors are hard pressed to find funds to finish projects that actually
help the populace, ironically because the government manages to not pay them on time.
And they are faced with the same stringent capital environment as everyone else if they want
to get things done.

But oh no. . .those don't deserve help. They don't have bosoms the size of Kainji or employ
light skinned ghanians.

The performance of federal capital projects stand at 23.3%, according to figures disclosed by the Minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga, on Tuesday, before unhappy members of the House of Representatives.

Mr Aganga, who finally made a belated appearance before the lawmakers, fielded questions from members on the dismal performance of the ministries, barely two months to the end of the year. He said funds have been made available, but are not accessed by the ministries. Of the N1.7 trillion total capital budget for 2010, only N749 billion has been released to the Ministries, Departments and Agencies through the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Aganga revealed. Of this, the MDAs have only been able to access a meager N396.97billion, representing 44% of the amount released, and 23.35% of the total capital spending plan for the year that is left with barely two months.

Break from norm

Complaints about slow-paced implementation of budgets, a routine among lawmakers, have soared this year ahead of elections next year, and the House, against past rules, summoned the minister to make the clarifications before its plenary. Members have in the past dismissed the level of implementation of the budget and suggested that 30% implementation had been achieved, according to information they obtained from meetings with officials from the executive arm of government. The failures were blamed on dwindling finance, according to the lawmakers, and letters from President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Assembly, in which he requested supplementary budgets.

The lawmakers said other ministers they have spoken to complain of poor release of fund from the government. But Mr Aganga said that the nation had met and even surpassed its revenue targets for the year with a more stable oil supplies. “Our country is doing extremely well,” he said. However, while the realized funds have not translated into the expected building of roads, and other infrastructures as appropriated for in the capital budget, 100% of the heavy overhead budgets have been implemented, the minister confirmed. He said funds are withheld from ministries that have not shown sufficient utilization of past releases. The ministers concerned, he said, often blame their failures on prolonged processes of due process.

An emotional session

The minister’s appearance, two weeks after the initial invitation, and the feeble delivery-figures released, added no vigour to the questions he faced from lawmakers who had earlier pressed for a warrant of arrest on him for disregarding their summons. A member asked him to state the components of the former President Umaru Yar’adua administration’s seven point agenda, while another member clapped for the minister for saying that his ministry held back funds from ministries that have not delivered.

However, every ministry has drawn 100% of its recurrent budget, he said. Bala Na’allh, a member from Kebbi State, raised an instance of a road project in which all overhead funds associated with the contract have been released and used, while funds for the actual construction have been denied. “That shouldn’t happen,” Mr Aganga said. In spite of the sufficient funds, he said the government still has shortfall from its signature bonds and the sale of NITEL, which is expected to be used for capital projects too. He also said government targets lifting the implementation tally to N900 billion before the year end. “We are still implementing the capital and we have the commitment to implement it,” he said. “We are a developing nation, and we cannot depend entirely on budget to fund infrastructure needs of our country.”

Not only is it useless , . . It is evil in its uselessness.

The States might be corrupt, but they actually DO THINGS. They actually build infrastructure one can see.

Abuja is a gigantic fraudulent money pit. It is deserving of nuclear annihilation.

The following is especially worrisome:

Bala Na’allh, a member from Kebbi State, raised an instance of a road project in which all overhead funds associated with the contract have been released and used, while funds for the actual construction have been denied.

PURE EVIL!!!!

Sagamite:

The guy opened the thread to criticise GEJ. And he is using the way Nigerian govt behave to justify it.

Why is he referring to the actions of a government that was in power in the embryonic stage of evolution to blame what GEJ is doing NOW?

Like if all governments are the same.

Plus ca change, Plus c'est la meme chose. . . . The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Sagamite:

This is just pure DUMB!!!

Was it Jonathan in Government when the industry was evolving?

So why blame him?

Pure DUMB!!!

Dear  Sir, if you care to read the man's post, he commented on how the government works in Nigeria in general and not on the attitude of the Jonathan  government in particular.

I presume you are making a clear difference in how the Jonathan government is going to administer these funds and the way funds have been administered hitherto abi?

LMAO. . . .Adulterated Dumb.

aikuda:

I have been reading comments from many people here, and I cant describe how amazed I am to hear the responses. It is not just about the criticism of the $200million fund. There is nothing wrong with that. everyone is entitled to their opinion. But it is about the way some of (young generation). If my grand father in the vilage is vehemently against this funding, I will understand.

But I can't understand how the young people with access to the internet (and possibly higher education and more travel) can possibly continue to argue that it is wrong for governent to support nollywood. 

Its ok not to know, but it is bad not to want to know or pretend not to know when you know.

Nollywood need help now. And I think this is good news. Same is done in other countries.

And your grandfather in the village will be ashamed of  his dumb grandson. Too busy watching Genevieve and Omotola in ''Can this Be Love'' Part 9 on youtube to actually reason.

ROSSIKE:

Papabrowne said:

Well said. If I were president I would commit nothing less than $1.5 billion to Nollywood.

Haaaa. . . . the conjurer's trick. Pluck numbers out of nowhere. Why not 10 billion dollars. Igbe  brained mongoose.

Hamid O:

na wa o,  Don't tell me those five lines I just typed are to complex for your understanding. You can't even post your own veiws, only to say thrash about what others have posted. Pathetic

As for you and your moronic cohorts asking for  bailouts in the vein of those offered to the textile industry, here is a quote from a textile operator who closed his mill just last year.

Mr. Eburajolor said even in Europe, textile companies are deferring to products from Asia due to the price competitiveness.

“The world today is a global village. We should look for the things in which we have strength and concentrate on them. We are not going to take government money and say it is part of the national cake,” he said.

He said setting up the fund may not be enough to revive the sector.

“I don’t believe that the fund will resuscitate the sector. We cannot compete with the Asians in textile manufacturing. Instead, let us sit down, know where our strength is, and tailor our resources in developing our strength. In the UK, they are not competing, in Europe they are not competing, where they have steady water and power supply, and you think we can compete.

“Those who have got the money, five years from now, let’s see what the money would have been used for,” Mr. Eburajolor said.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Money/Finance/5640548-146/exchange_spends_n186m_on_rolex_watches.csp

Hope  you scatter brained fucktards can read. . . .But I bet one of you will come here and say Nollywood is a sector of comparative advantage.

Princek12:

We are not condemning Jonathan's support for Nollywood, but the manner in which he is supporting it. Read my earlier post. Spending $200m directly into Nollywood does not serve Nollywood's long term interest, for money alone does not solve many problems, including this one. If that were the case, Nigeria will have no problems. If the intellectual property rights of Nollywood companies are protected, it will better position Nollywood companies to generate funds in excess of $200 mil, or even in the billions of dollars, given its global audience, both locally and internationally.

My guy . . . don't bother to reason with them. They have ice block where their brains should be.

Hamid O:

You've already described the act as holistic, why complain then? He just gave the entertainment industry a lifeline not money. You are making it look like government is going to pay 200 million into one persons account, the fund is just there for people to access and definately there are going to be conditions before such is given to anyone. If you don't know, GEJ said there is even more on the way. You can go and die if you like.
Do you fight piracy by just talking to people, hell NO!!!! Most of those entertainers need money to come up with a better distribution network for their works to reduce it's exposure to piracy.  Are you going to fund that?
Las Vegas as a city is richer than many countries in the world not for anything but entertainment, making money available to the industry could be a move to create jobs. I'm sure you are not even looking at the positive side, always finding fault in whatever the guy does without profering a better solutin to problems. That is destructive criticism if you don't know.

Okay. . i will indulge you. You have said something of great insight and thought.

You are indeed a brilliant man

Adanora:

IGNORANT PEOPLE, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO RUN PEOPLE DOWN. IF U WANT TO CRITICIZE, PLS MAKE IT CONSTRUCTIVE. WHO TELL UNA SAY THE MONEY NA DASH, ITS A SPECIALIZED LOAN FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, TEXTILE INDUSTRY HAS ITS OWN, FARMERS HAVE THEIRS. WHY CANT entertainment have its own? after all they are among the people exposing Nigeria to the world the most. Na crime if we truly develope a physical mega studio where world class celluloid productions are made, abi na crime if nollywood develops a physical location? We have a truly dynamic leader for once-not a noise maker, una no go let am work all sectors? PEACE    

Report to  

Tanx for explaining to d dummies. some of them just went to the university to waste their parents money

and you must have used your own parent's money to wipe your ass crack, and yet it still stinks from here to high heaven.

The Farmers and Textile workers get theirs. . .so entertainment industry should get their own too.

Like how do people get to be so dumb. Goodness Gracious