The National Films and Video Censors Board on Wednesday expressed concern over nude and obscene scenes in Nigeria’s local musical videos and called for a review of its laws.
The NFVCB North-Central Coordinator, Ailewon Danlami, expressed the Board’s concern in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos.
According to Danlami, there are too many nude pictures and many of these aspects are not morally justified.
Danlami said that the contents of musical videos had always constituted embarrassment to members of the public, especially family members and children.
“Aside the videos, even the lyrics are not pleasing to the ears as the words are not morally permissible,” he said.
The coordinator said the NFVCB was screening such music contents to check their usage and protect the Nigerian society from the bad effects of such scenes, especially the underaged.
The NFVCB official also complained of violence in most home videos and lamented that such scenes were usually relayed in the morning and afternoons when children were still awake.
He said that the board had embarked on massive enlightenment campaigns in Churches, Mosques, schools and social centres to ensure that such videos were not allowed to affect the psyche of the young ones.
“The videos of most local music are lurid,” Danlami said.
He added that the board had also initiated steps to eliminate video contents considered harmful to the society and advised the public to help by writing formal complaints that would be investigated and acted upon.
Speaking on the activities of pirates, Danlami said officials of the board had always raided video clubs and street vendors to apprehend those engaged in sales of such pirated films.
“We have also advised the content managers and owners of such music to help our efforts so that we can rid the society of such fake and unclassified items,” he said.
Danlami said that the laws establishing the Board in 1993 were being reviewed to sanitise the system.
He added: “Most of the laws are obsolete.
“To sanitise the system to meet with modern realities, we must review the laws and make them even more stringent.
“The current law defines the Board as just a censor.
“We want a new mandate to make us a classification board so that we can categorise the films into their groups and help the public to make informed choices.”
The official said that the new law should also permit the establishment of mobile courts to promptly try offenders so that defaulters would not use delay tactics to escape justice.
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