The National Film and Video
Board,NFVCB, has verified and approved a total of 62 movies for the
month of April 2017.
According to the Director of Film
Censorship and Classification, Mrs Sa’adu Fatyma, a breakdown of
the movies verified and approved for home viewership shows that the
English language category account for 74.2 percent or a total of 46
movies, followed by Hausa language category with 10 movies. A
further perusal shows as follows; Yoruba language movies 3, Igbo
language movies 2, Bini language movie 1 and Esan language movie had
none approved in the review period. In comparison to same period in
March 2017, English language movies retained the pole position with
25 movies verified and approved, while Hausa and Yoruba language
movies were 3 and 2 respectively. A total of 33 movies were verified
and approved in a commensurate period in March 2017.
The approved movies are to be released
with their respective consumer advisories of imitable technique,
strong language, violence, drug abuse, and fetish rituals.
A further look at the verified and
approved movies by their ratings showed that only one movie has the G
rating, implying for general viewing, 18 movies were rated 15, meant
only for persons 15 years and above and 43 movies were rated 18,
meant for mature audience.
The G-rated movie is titled Happy
Fathers’ Day (English), while some of the 15 rated movies include;
African Marriage (English), Hisabi( Hausa), Jenifa’s Diary Season
(English), Love Me Forever(English) and Sogigun(Yoruba). Some of the
18 rated movies include, Cold Silence (English), Agha Omenala Megide
Nwanyi (Igbo), Egbeje Oro (Yoruba), and Dna Fodio(Hausa).
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