Why film industry must prioritise smoke-free Nollywood — CAPPA
LAGOS — The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, has urged the country’s regulators as well as the film and cinema industry to protect the next generation of Nigerians from the predatory tactics of the tobacco industry by sustaining the #SmokeFreeNollywood campaign. CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, said the tobacco industry had a track […]
NFVCB’s new film regulations meant to enhance creativity, protect youths
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) of Nigeria has introduced new regulations aimed at curbing the glamorisation of smoking, tobacco products, and money rituals in Nollywood films. These regulations, according to NFVCB’s Executive Director Dr. Shaibu Husseini, are designed to protect young, impressionable audiences without stifling artistic creativity in the entertainment industry. Addressing editors […]
Regulation of smoking, rituals in movies, not meant to stifle creativity, NFVCB DG declares
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) Director General, Dr. Shaibu Husseini, has said the new regulation on smoking, tobacco products money rituals, and ritual killings in movies will not stifle artistic creativity in the entertainment industry. Speaking in Lagos on Sunday, June 3, 2024, at a parley with editors and other senior journalists, […]
Nollywood: FG’s ban on smoking, ritual scenes divides stakeholders
The plan by the Federal Government to enforce the prohibition of money rituals, ritual killings, smoking and glamourising such vices in Nigerian films is generating mixed reactions. It could be recalled that the Executive Director/CEO, National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, Dr Shaibu Husseini, announced the government’s stand during a national stakeholders’ engagement on […]
A SmokeFree Nollywood is Finally Here!
After years of dedicated advocacy, we are thrilled to announce that #SmokeFreeNollywood is finally here! At a National Stakeholders Dialogue held in Enugu State on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, the Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Dr. Shuaibu Hussein, officially announced that the Honourable Minister of Arts, Culture and the […]
Tobacco smoking kills 8m people annually – CAPPA
Executive Director, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), Akinbode Oluwafemi, Tuesday, said tobacco smoking killed over 8 million people all over the world annually. Out of this number, Oluwafemi said 75% took place in the developing countries while in Nigeria alone, 5 million young Nigerians are addicted to cigarette smoking, thereby endangering their lives. […]
NFVCB kicks against smoking, money rituals scenes in Nollywood
NFVCB kicks against smoking, money rituals scenes in Nollywood The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has kicked against movie scenes depicting the smoking of tobacco, criminal acts, ritual killings, money rituals and other vices in Nollywood. The demand to eradicate such scenes was tabled to stakeholders in the industry on Tuesday by NFVCB’s […]
NFVCB, Tobacco Control Community Commit To Smoke-Free Nollywood
NFVCB, Tobacco Community Commit To Smoke-Free Nollywood The National Film and Video Censor Board (NFVCB) and the tobacco control community have reaffirmed their commitment to a smoke-free Nollywood, as Nigeria’s movie industry is informally known. According to a not-for-profit firm, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), they firmed up their alliance in Abuja during […]
National Film and Video Censors Board Reaffirms Commitment to #Smokefree Nollywood
The newly appointed Executive Director of the National Films and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) in Nigeria, Dr. Shaibu Husseni, has reaffirmed the Board’s commitment to supporting efforts to limit the exposure of tobacco and depictions of smoking in Nollywood, Africa’s biggest movie industry. This commitment was expressed during an advocacy visit by the tobacco control […]
CAPPA seeks inclusion of tobacco companies in probe of tax waiver beneficiaries
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to extend the planned probe of tax waivers, grants, and other insidious benefits unduly awarded to corporations by past governments, to include the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) awarded to tobacco companies. The EEG scheme is a post-shipment incentive introduced by the […]
