A veteran Nollywood actor, Mr Dele Odule, has prayed the National Assembly to enact a law enforcing
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| Dele Odule |
Odule, who is the National President of Theatre Arts and
Motion Pictures Producers of Nigeria (TAMPAN), made the appeal in llorin on
Monday while speaking with newsmen.
The Nollywood actor said that piracy, though a global
problem, occurred at an alarming rate in Nigeria.
He attributed the high incidence to the low penalty meted
out on the perpetrators and non-enforcement of laws against the offence.
“Film producers in
Nigeria do not have retirement benefits like civil servants and ordinarily,
their production should be their benefits after retirement.
“However, in a
situation where these works have been pirated, they are doomed and have nothing
to look forward to in future,’’Odule said.
He appealed to the Federal Government to borrow a leaf from
developed countries by assisting film producers in creating an enabling
environment to operate.
The actor appealed that a large film village should be
built, where actors would be required to pay a token to the government to
achieve their mission.
He also solicited that loan facilities should be provided
for actors at low interest rates.
The Nollywood actor disclosed that under his leadership as
the TAMPAN president, plans had reached an advanced stage to professionalise
theatre and film production in the country.
This, he said, was to guard against non-professionals
bastardising their good jobs.
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