raised the red flag and made the passionate appeal at a meeting held, during the week, at the Lagos State Safety Commission Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
Specifically CEAN declared that unless something drastic was done, the Nigerian film industry, which went into a free fall consequent upon the lockdown imposed on the country on March 30 faced possible extinction. Although CEAN acknowledged government’s effort to re-open the economy, with emphasis on prioritizing the safety of Nigerians, it observed that it was also “expedient to consider the huge economic disaster brought upon this very important sector by the continued suspension of cinema operations and other film-based businesses” in the country.
“A domestic flight from Lagos to Yola takes two hours, 30minutes, which is the same running time for all movies,” the association argued. The CEAN submitted that the only way to checkmate the psychological impact of the lockdown on Nigerians was to allow people to let off steam at leisure centres with well-defined safety measures in place.