Nollywood movies’ story lines not responsible for wave of crime – AGN

The report additionally quoted Fashola as blaming the films for the rising wave of armed theft, occultism and cultists.

The minister was quoted as making the comment on the 4th Annual Public Lecture/Symposium organised by the United Motion for Change, which had the subject “Insecurity: Taking Motion Towards Organised Crime”.

Fashola was stated to have fingered Nollywood films as the inspiration for a number of the nation’s predicament, saying that their story traces all the time centered on rituals, kidnapping, theft, occultism and cultists.

He additional alleged that a number of the ills they portrayed of their films had been planted within the unconscious of the citizenry and nurtured to fruitfulness in its negativity.

The AGN President stated that it could be unkind for anybody in charge Nollywood films and its story traces for the present wave of crime within the nation.

“Such assertion just isn’t primarily based on logical truth and won’t, in any manner, have an effect on the business.

“Nollywood just isn’t the reason for the ills which have bedeviled the nation; a number of the crises within the nation have been there earlier than the approaching of Nollywood.

“Earlier than Nollywood got here into existence within the 1990s, the nation had grappled with sequence of crime. A number of the nation’s ills predated Nollywood.’’

He stated that the minister ought to relatively admire Nollywood for its contribution to the nation by offering jobs for unemployed graduates.

Rowland stated that Nollywood had helped to curb the speed of unemployment within the nation by participating those that may have been armed robbers.

The AGN president burdened that the final movie that was shot by his crew employed tons of of individuals, including that such was the scenario for different movies shot on each day foundation.

“As an example, in Asaba, about 20 movies are happening at totally different places and in these places now we have a minimum of 300 folks working for 2 or three weeks.

“Many ladies of `simple advantage’ have discovered their methods into the business, thereby jettisoning their outdated methods and embracing a brand new life.

“Are you aware what number of prostitutes have modified from their line of companies to Nollywood? Are you aware what number of `idle minds’ have modified from their harmful ideas due to Nollywood?

“Nollywood has proffered options to a number of the vices bedeviling the nation,” he stated.

He additionally defined that after each present, through the finish credit, warnings are scrolled on the display in regards to the unhealthy practices of the issues that they had watched within the film in actual life.