Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has insisted that government’s decision that any programme meant for Nigerians must be produced in Nigeria is the best for the country.
Mohammed, who was reacting to criticisms and backlashes the announcement received from artists in the country, said he was not appointed Minister
to develop the economy of other countries at the expense of the Nigerian economy.
The minster said this in a statement made available to newsmen yesterday
According to him, the Creative Industry’s potential of creating 1 million jobs in three years cannot be realized if jobs meant for Nigerians were being exported to other countries under the guise of producing in other countries, programmes to be consumed in Nigeria.
He said, ”I didn’t say that henceforth, all music videos and films will be produced in Nigeria, or that the production of music videos or films outside Nigeria will be banned.
“All I said was that if a programme is designated as a Nigerian (local) content programme, we will amend the Code to ensure that it is produced in Nigeria. On that, there is no going back.”
On the Big Brother Naija TV reality show that was staged in South Africa, the minister said that
”Following the findings, we decided to amend the relevant sections of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to prevent a repeat of that development.
No comments:
Post a Comment