Veteran broadcaster and actor, Sadiq Daba has thrown his fragile weight behind federal government’s plan to stop the shooting of videos of music, movies and others abroad.
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The federal government through the Minister of Information, Alh. Lai Muhammed revealed its plan to stop shooting of videos abroad saying it was impeding economic growth.
The disclosure of the plan by the Information Minister was greeted with mixed reactions from stakeholders as some artistes booed it.
Reacting to the plan in a recent interview, Daba who is battling leukemia, however, hailed it.
He said, “Government has started making some laws that will be beneficial to the industry, like the other day, I heard the minister saying that if you want to do any production that involves Nigeria you should do it in the country.
“For example, why would you call a show ‘Big Brother Nigeria’ and it is been shot in South Africa? Meanwhile, if you bring it here, people will get jobs there. Don’t tell me light does not work. Let’s manage; after all, even in South Africa, they take light. As we complain about PHCN, South Africans complain about their ESCOM. We don’t expect God to come down and help us. Let’s learn to help ourselves, but Nigerians are so bloody lazy. It is always like, if government cannot do it, then we cannot do it!”
