Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday, praised Nigerian television and film content producers for their impressive work in deepening the industry, but challenged them to do more, to tell the Nigerian story, to enrich their content.
The minister made the commendation in Cannes, France, where he leads  the Nigerian delegation to the ongoing 2017 MIPTV, the biggest forum for TV and online content producers in the world.
Mohammed said he was impressed with the presence of such Nigerian content producers as Iroko, Aforevo and Consolidated Media Associates Limited, owners of Soundcity and Ontv, SpiceTV, Access24 and onMAX, at the global forum, hence, his decision to personally visit their stands to encourage and support them. On the importance of the forum, Mohammed described MIPTV as “a shopping mall for content and formats for channels.”
He added that “the idea of this MIPTV is to create a forum for the media and the entertainment world, especially, the television and films, to meet other stakeholders, including content producers and channel owners in an attempt to further deepen the industry.’’
The minister said his delegation, which includes Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information, Sulaiman Adokwe, and Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr. Is’haq Modibbo Kawu, will leverage on their attendance of the forum to enrich the digitisation of television broadcasting in Nigeria.

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