TVC E, MOVIE – Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday announced April 8, 2016 as date to kick-start the process that will lead to the launch of a Central professional body for the filmmakers in Nigeria.
The Minister will on the set date inaugurate a Ministerial Committee aimed at fast-tracking the passage into law of the much anticipated MOPPICON Bill.Scheduled to take place at the Conference Room of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, the 17-member Committee will have the Founder/CEO of Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Ms Peace Anyiam-Osigwe as Coordinator, while the Chairman, Audio-Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS), Mr. Mahmood Alli-Balogun as Deputy Coordinator. Mr. Tony Anih of the Film Makers Collective will also serve as the Secretary to the committee.
The committee is expected to review and harmonize the MOPPICON Bill ahead of its submission to the Ministry of Justice and then the National Assembly.
The committee will also have representatives of the various Nollywood guilds and associations as members. They include Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN) and Producers, Marketers Association of Nigeria (FVPMAN), Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP), Screen Writers Guild of Nigeria (SWGN), Actors Guild of Nigeria(AGN), Movie Ambassadors of Nigeria, Niger Delta Film Forum and Female Producers of Nigeria.
The Minister had announced the plan to set up the Committee at the 2016 Kannywood Awards in Abuja on March 13th.
When established, MOPPICON will regulate, administer and control the motion picture practice in Nigeria.
