Kano
state government is to establish an ultra modern movie market to
discourage pirating of films and other intellectual property, the state
Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has hinted.
He
gave the indication when the Director - General, National Firm
and Video Censor Board, Mrs. Patricia Bala paid him a courtesy call at
Kano Government House on Monday, explaining that promoters of the film
industry on the state, better known as Kannywood have been requested to
scout for an appropriation location to site the market.
"Already,
I have told the Kannywood members to scout for a land within the
metropolis where I can build a complex market for them. I want to create
a kind of market for them were a fake films would not be allowed to
flourish”, Dr Ganduje pointed out.
He
said the state government considers film actors and marketers as
partners in progress because of the role they played in bring his
administration to power and because of their capacity to educate and
enlighten the people as well as the role they play in providing jobs for
the teeming youths in the state.
“It
is because of the role they play in nation building that the immediate
past government established the Film Institute at Tiga to train
prospective film actors and related professionals in the industry”, the
governor stressed.
He
promised that the government would engage a consultant that would
assist the Kannyhood operators to be more creative and concentrate on
promoting Hausa indigenous culture instead of mimicking Indian films.
Earlier,
the Director – General, National Film and Video Censorship Board, Mrs.
Patricia Bala said stakeholders in the film industry, with the support
of her agency, are in the state to hold a conference titled 'Engaging
Industry Players Positively for the Greater Good in a Changing
Environment' and commended Kano state Film Censorship Board for its high
sense of professionalism.
Halilu Ibrahim Dantiye, mni, fnge
Director General,
Media and Communications,
To the Exec. Gov.,
Kano state
1/12/2015
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