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Nollywood Produces 280 Movies In Q12023 – NFVCB – Independent Newspaper Nigeria

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ABUJA – Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director/CEO of National Film and Update Censors Board(NFVCB) has hinted that the board received and censored a total number of 280 movies produced by the Nigerian film industry in the first quarter of the year 2023.

He made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, saying, the figure was made available by the Department of Film Censorship and Classification of the board in its first quarter report for the year, which captures all films submitted to the board from across the country.

The report is for onward submission to the relevant Federal Government agency as input for the compilation of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter (Q1, 2023).

The report shows a decrease in the number of movies produced from 340 in the fourth quarter 0f 2022 to 280 in the first quarter of 2023, which represents about 18 percent downward slope.

According to the statement, 106 of the films came in from the Lagos Censorship Centre of the Board, representing the chunk of the movies produced during the period under review, and followed by Abuja with 99 movies.

As indicated in the report, Onitsha is next with 32 films, Abeokuta raked in 3 films, Kano 15 and Benin 1 only.

The analysis by censorship location further shows that Jos recorded 14 films, Port Harcourt 8, while Ibadan and Kaduna recorded 1 film respectively.

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From 170kg to 102kg………it’s not easy and. 85kg is the goal. pic.twitter.com/LcMeVLwyw8
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