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| Maku inaugurating the board of NFC |
After a long wait, the board
of the Nigeria Film Corporation (NFC), was finally inaugurated recently and charged
to do its best in ensuring that Nigeria sustains its position in the front line
of media development especially film, in Africa.
Minister
of Information, Labaran Maku, gave this charge in Abuja while also inaugurating
the Boards of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN).
Maku said
that Nigeria must not only lead in the volume of film produced annually but
must ensure that the quality of films meet international standards.
Nollywood, Maku
said has become an international brand that has positively projected Nigeria,
as well as telling the African story to the world. The Nigerian Film Corporation Board, Maku
further said is expected to assist the Management of the Corporation with new and
implementable ideas that will par with the various reforms being undertaken to
strengthen the film sector of the nation’s economy.
The
Nigerian Film Corporation Board is chaired by a veteran artiste, Chief Ikwue.
Other members are Sani Danja, a Kannywood (Filmmaker) ,Mallam Wada Masu, Hon.
Bright Chinedu Nnebedum and Ogechi Njoku-Onyekwu. Representatives of the Federal Ministries of
Information and Education are also members. The Nigerian Television Authority
is also represented on the Board.
Meanwhile,
Dr. Danjuma Dadu, The Corporation’s Managing Director/Chief Executive has
expressed optimism that with the inauguration of the Board, several issues
which management has been working on will easily be fast tracked. Dadu listed some of them to include the proposed
and revised Laws and Acts relating to the National Film Development Fund,
National Film Villages Development, Motion Picture Practitioners Council of
Nigeria, the National Film Policy and that of the Nigerian Film Corporation
becoming a Nigerian Film Commission in line with the African Union and United
Nations Policy on Film Matters.
Dadu
averred that the (reviews) Draft bills and Acts (amendments) are necessary to ginger
the needed reforms for the film sector in Nigeria.
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