The Executive Director, National Film and Video Censors Board, Husseini Shaibu Ph.D handing over some items to the CWO at “Ndi Nne Mama” August Meeting.
The National Film and Video Censors Board has concluded plans to train and mentor some youths in the art of filmmaking. The two weeks training and mentorship programme in collaboration with notable Nollywood thespian, Nze Ugezu Ugeze will produce the first ever “Made-in-Ichida” film.
Dr. Husseini Shaibu, Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board, stated this at the media literacy campaign, “Ndi Nne Mama” 2024 August Meeting, titled, “The Power of Parental Guidance in the Digital Age”, at St.Augustine’s Parish Ichida, Anambra State. Husseini stated that this fell in line with one of the eight-point agenda of the Honourable Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Barr. Hannatu Musawa, which asserts that “the provision of comprehensive skills acquisition and development programmes to ensure that the young Nigerians have the technical capacity to access opportunities across the creative sector”.
The Executive Director who has never hidden his avowed desire to make more women media-literate, gathered about 500 women of the Catholic Women Organisation of the Parish, during the August meeting to brainstorm on the power of parental guidance in the digital age.
Husseini, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Board, assured the women that at the end of the meeting, they would become more media-literate in the following areas – Comprehending the Classification symbols of the Board, The Impact of Phone and the Social Media, How Imitable techniques in Movies and the Social Media can influence the youth, and the need for parents to monitor their children’s phones.
The women were taught the Classification symbols of the Board and their meanings.They were also taken through how to identify the on-screen display that shows the Classification ratings of the film on television. They were equally taught how to monitor their children’s phones using some applications and the right age for allowing children full access to android phones.
The Parish Priest, Rev. Fr.Jude Nwankwo, commended the Board, especially the Executive-Director on the laudible initiative to make mothers more media-literate.
The Executive-Director was, in recognition, decorated with beads by a prominent son of Ichida, Chief Anene Uba, while the Board distributed collateral and souvenair items, including branded T shirts and face caps, branded umbrellas, and some publications of the Board, including frequently asked questions to the women.
