553 Nollywood movies screened in second quarter of 2022 – NFVCB

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National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has revealed that it has screened no fewer than 553 movies produced by the Nigerian film industry players in the second quarter of the year 2022.

This was made known in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director/CEO, NFVCB.

According to him, the report provided by the Department of Film Censorship and Classification captured all films submitted to the board from across the country.

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“The report is for onward submission to the relevant Federal Government agency, as an input for the compilation of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (GDP) Q2, 2022.

“The report also shows a slight increase in the number of movies produced from 541 in the first quarter to 553 in the second quarter of the year.
He said “209 of the films came in from Lagos State Censorship Centre of the board, representing the chunk of the movies produced during the period, followed by Abuja with 189 movies.

“Onitsha recorded 92 movies, Kano brought in 44, while Jos and Abeokuta centres recorded 10 and four movies respectively,” he said.

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