Government to crack down on TV stations airing Nigerian movies
The Ghana government announced plans to sanction any television stations that air Nigerian films. James Gardiner, the Deputy CEO of the Ghana National Film Authority (NFA), stated that the country plans to crack down on stations broadcasting Nigerian movies without authorization. Gardiner made the announcement in a video during a conversation with Nigerian producer Uchenna Mbunabo. Mbunabo accused Ghanaian TV stations of downloading Nollywood movies from YouTube and airing them without authorization, asking if it was "legalised in your country for TV stations to go on YouTube, download people's sweat and show it for free?" Gardiner responded, "it's not legalised."
Gardiner further explained that addressing this issue is "one of the big things that we're trying to address." He stated, "We've met with the ministry of communication together with NMC and NCA, they govern our TV station in the country. We're trying to make law to revoke all licenses and all of them will now come to apply afresh." When asked how long it would take, Gardiner replied, "by next year (2027), it should be done." DAILY POST reports that many Nigerian filmmakers, including Bimbo Ademoye, Omoni Oboli, Mercy Johnson, and Ruth Kadiri, have previously called out Ghana TV's for illegally airing their films.
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