Nigerian filmmakers protest, ‘stop the MOPICON Bill’ its dead-weight

This past weekend a MOPICON (Motion Picture Practitioners Council of Nigeria) bill to be promulgated into law, surfaced online and drove Nigerian (Nollywood) filmmakers into a frenzy. The filmmakers state the bill is Draconian in nature and doesn’t represent young filmmakers, nor its industry, Nollywood.

Read the MOPICON BILL HERE

A petition titled “Stop the MOPICON Bill” went live on www.change.org in firece response to the bill. The petition is aimed at President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Minister of Information, Lai Muhammed and Senator Ben Bruce, who is Chairman of Silverbird cinemas.

Sign the petition HERE

The petition reads:
“The MOPICON bill is simply created to enrich a few people while the repercussions is devastating to filmmakers and creatives in the filmmaking industry in Nigeria. The bill is against young creative filmmakers and new comers in the field and essentially does not add to the development of the industry or even the people who would be asked to register with MOPICON. I urge all filmmakers (NOLLYWOOD), lovers of Nigerian film to sign this petition and have the MOPICON BILL thrown out.”

Sign the petition HERE