TERRY SANDRA EBIWONNI
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says it received and classified 274 movies produced by the Nigerian film industry in the first quarter of the year.
The Executive Director/CEO of the board, Dr. Shaibu Husseini, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
The NFVCB boss said the figure was provided by the Department of Film Censorship and Classification of the board in its first quarter report, capturing all genres of films approved by the board.
The report is for onward submission to the relevant federal government agency as input for the compilation of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter (Q1 2024).
As indicated in the report, films in English Language constitute the chunk of the films produced during the period under review.
250 films out of the numbers verified and approved were produced in English, while others include films in Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa and Hindi languages.
According to the report, classification by viewing audience indicates that films classified ‘18’, meant for the matured audience, constitute over 50 per cent of the total films produced.
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