COVID-19: Ali Baba, Omoregbe, Dare Art Alade, others in committee to advise govt in creative sector

The Federal Government has set up a committee of industry stakeholders to advise on ways to mitigate the effects of coronavirus pandemic on the creative industry.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known on Wednesday during a meeting with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON).

The minister also announced the members of the committee, noting that the industry needed a collective and government-supported approach in dealing with the immediate, short and long term solutions to mitigate the effect of the pandemic on the sector.

Mohammed said the committee would be assessing the expected impact of the pandemic on the industry in general and advise the government on how to mitigate job and revenue losses in the sector as well as to create succour for the industry small businesses
The committee will also suggest the type of taxation and financing that is best for the industry at this time to encourage growth.

The members of the committee include Ali Baba – Comedy, Film, and TV (Chairman); Bolanle Austen Peters – Film and Performing Arts (TerraKulture); Charles Novia – Television and Independent Producer(TeenTV); Segun Arinze- Actor and Producer; Ali Jita – Actor and Musician; Baba Agba – Film Director (BCI Studios); Kene Okwuosa – Cinema and Distribution (Filmhouse); Efe Omoregbe – Record labels and Collective rights management (Hypertek/Now Muzik); Prince Daniel Aboki – Radio and Film (CoolFM/WaZoBia).

Others are Chioma Ude – Streaming (Envivo); Olumade Adesemowo – Television and Platform (FreeTV); Dare Art Alade – Livespot Entertainment; Hajia Sa’a Ibrahim – Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON); Anita Eboigbe – News Agency of Nigeria (Secretary).

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