Movie Producer thanks God for Ghanaian Movie Ban

While all movie makers and producers alike are making efforts to reach out to the international market, controversial movie producer and PRO of the Film Producers Association of Ghana, Socrat Safo has said that he will give praise and thanks to God if Ghanaian movies are banned in neighboring Nigeria.

Speaking on Channel R’s 205 Total Entertainment on Wednesday, Socrate explained that, Ghana is a relatively small country as compared to Nigeria which meant Nigeria had a bigger market that their Ghanaian counterpart. This he said always got in favor of movie producers Nigeria since they find Ghana as the dumping grounds for their over-flown movies.

He made this revelation when he was responding to a particular story making circulations on the internet and other social media, that Ghanaian movies have been banned in Nigeria. The reports which had the caption, “Ghanaian Movies Banned In Nigeria?” indicated that, the once harmonious relationship between the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood and its counterpart, Ghana’s Ghallywood, is currently under threat as the movie marketers under the auspices of Film, Video Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (FVPMAN) had placed an embargo on Ghanaian films with effect from the end of this month.
According to the report, the decision became necessary following the position taken by their Ghanaian counterparts who had banned the distribution of Nigerian films in their country long time ago.

Reacting to this report, the Public Relation Officer of the Film Producers Association of Ghana said he was not aware of the reports but said if it was true, he would thank the almighty God for such a decision. He said the movie industry in Ghana is flooded with so many movies from Nigeria and this he explained is making the local producers loose much sales.

He continued that, if movies from Nigeria to Ghana and the ones from Ghana to Nigeria are banned, it would give the local producers the chance to market and make their movies popular here in Ghana. He revealed that, currently, Ghanaian movies do not sell because everybody wants to buy and watch something from Nigeria.

BLAY LEAK is yet to confirm whether Ghanaian movies will truly be banned in Nigeria and the benefits the two countries stand to derive from the said decision.

Credit: Henry Diabene Asare