Nollywood actress and director, Shan George, is overjoyed at President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that security agencies should hunt down movie pirates in Nigeria.
The President gave the directive Tuesday after receiving a briefing from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, and her directors in Abuja.
“Nollywood is making progress. We should work with them. Unless they are backed, they will be ruined by pirates who want to reap where they have not sowed.
“They have built an industry with their own sweat. It is therefore incumbent on us to give them the necessary support,” Buhari said.
Reacting through a BlackBerry message, Shan George said, “I am just reading the news now, that President Buhari has notified security agents to look into the piracy of Nollywood movies. My village juju don start work already.
The actress, who is currently shooting a new movie titled One Good Man, has been lamenting the evil of piracy in the Nigerian motion picture industry. She even threatened to invoke spiritual powers to protect her work.
Shan expressed her frustration in a recent Facebook post in which she wrote, “I’m suffering day and night, burning the mid night oil, spending the little money in my pocket to make sure I do a good job. While pirates are busy chilling and doing nothing.
“So, since the Federal Government has refused to do something about piracy of our movies in Nigeria I’ve decided to use my village juju to protect this my new film, One Good Man.
She then got extra dramatic: “Nollywood, police, fire brigade, army, EFCC, SSS, Air force, lawyers and all those concerned, please bear me witness o!!!
“When my village juju and thunder begins to fire pirates left, right and centre. Don’t blame me o! Filming will commence on the 14th July, 2015 in Calabar. I rest my case.”
Buhari’s statement was made on July 14.
The actress’ last production is titled Finding Goodluck. Reports say it cost her N40million to make.
