More Than 2,000 Films Censored In 2021 — Censors Board

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has disclosed that over 2,000 films were censored in 2021.

The information was revealed on Wednesday by Adedayo Thomas, the Executive Director of the NFVCB in Abuja and he added that the figure was made possible because the films were submitted online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to Thomas, the online submission of films afforded the board the opportunity to censor a large number of films at the height of the pandemic. 

He further shared that most of the films were not produced in Nigeria.

NFVCB Executive Director Adedayo Thomas

"If you ask today that Nigerian should submit 1,000 content, they are ever ready. Probably they have been working on it because they are always in the field.

"When the online submission opened they quickly keyed into it and such sustained the momentum of our products in the world.

"We are able to sustain TV and others because the content was being channeled on daily basis in spite of the pandemic.

"Although it affected the production section, due to the fact that people find it difficult to go to a location, the new technology was utilised", he stated.