Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has tasked lawmakers to fix the country rather than blame the movie industry for the increase in ritual killings.
The prominent actor made the appeal via his Instagram page on Tuesday over the wrong perception of Nollywood scenes.
This followed the accusation implied by the House of Representatives which recently tasked the Executive Director, National Film and Video Censors Board, Adedayo Thomas, to rise to the mandate of the agency as the clearinghouse for all movies produced in the country to stop portraying ritual killings in a good light in movies.
Edochie responded to the lawmakers through his Instagram post faulting the allegations.
Edochie stated in his post that the portrayal of rituals in their movies only mirrors the reality on the ground within the country in order to draw attention to the vices.
He insisted that the lawmakers who have true power are the ones who can bring about lasting change in the country.
He said: “Nollywood is only showing what happens in society.
“Nigerians are wallowing in extreme poverty.
“A hungry man is an angry man, fix the country and crime will go away.
“Don’t blame Nollywood.”
Edochie then urged the lawmakers to face their jobs of bringing lasting change through policy rather than criticising Nollywood’s efforts.