The Federal Government has ordered filmmakers to stop producing money ritual contents in their movies.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave this order during a media visit to Daily Trust office in Abuja on Monday.
The minister said the confession of some money ritual suspects that they learnt the heinous act on social media have boosted the resolve of the Federal Government to sanitise the social media.
He said, “Many have also blamed Nollywood for featuring money rituals in some of its movies, saying this has negatively influenced the vulnerable youth. To mitigate this, I have directed the National Film and Video Censors Board, the body set up to regulate the film and video industry in Nigeria, to take this issue into consideration while performing its role of censoring and classifying films and videos.
“I have also directed NFVCB to engage with stakeholders in the film industry in order to express the concerns of the government and Nigerians on the need to eschew money ritual content in their movies.”
This order comes following the recent ritual killings in the country particularly in Ogun State where four teenagers, one of whom is 18 years old, murdered their 20-year-old female friend for money rituals.