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The Federal Government says it has released the sum of N420.2 million to the Nigeria film industry popularly called Nollywood to improve and support aspiring practitioners.<\/p>\n

According to a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Patricia Deworitshe, on Friday in Abuja, the money, which is the second tranche payment will benefit 105 film distributors.<\/p>\n

The Federal Government had earlier introduced the \u201cProject Act Nollywood\u2019\u2019, with three primary components aimed at developing the movie making value chain.<\/p>\n

The components are the Film Production Fund (FPF), Capacity Building Fund (CBF) and Innovative Distribution Fund (IDF).<\/p>\n

The FPF and CBF have been fully implemented, while the IDF, which is the third component of the project, is on-going.<\/p>\n

The IDF covers online, National, Regional and community categories of Nollywood Film distribution and exhibition.<\/p>\n

The objectives of IDF are to improve the distribution network of Nigerian Audio-Visual contents, cut down on piracy, create jobs, and protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) within the Nigerian Entertainment Industry.<\/p>\n

N1.8 billion was approved for disbursement to 106 beneficiaries in this component; and N1.335 billion was disbursed earlier in the year as first tranche to 105 beneficiaries.<\/p>

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Deworitshe said that before the release of the second tranche, the finance ministry had earlier carried out a successful monitoring and evaluation of the first tranche disbursement.<\/p>\n

\u201cFifteen community cinemas and viewing centres have been established through the grant and this has improved the distribution network of movies in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe programme has supported 18 firms in strengthening online distribution platforms, this has helped curb illegal downloads and piracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo hundred and fifty six permanent jobs and 544 temporary jobs have been created through the financial support provided to 105 beneficiaries by the programme,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

Deworitshe said the programme had also aided the extension of the Nollywood Industry to sub-Sahara Africa through the funding of National distributors to expand their distribution capacity and network.<\/p>\n

She said through the programme, distributors had expanded their capacity to lip-synching their content in French for onward distribution to the ECOWAS sub-region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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