The National Film and Video Censors Board is the regulatory body set up by Act No.85 of 1993 to regulate films and video industry in Nigeria.
The Board is empowered by law to classify all films and videos whether imported or produced locally. It is also the duty of the Board to register all films and video outlets across the country and to keep a register of such registered outlets among other functions such registered outlets among other functions across the country and to keep a register of such registered outlets among other functions.
The National Film and Video Censors Board was set up by Act No.85 of 1993 to regulate the film and video industry in the country
The functions of the Board are:
- To license –
(i) a person to exhibit films and video works,
(ii) a premises for the .purposes of exhibiting films and video works: - To censor films and video works:
- To regulate and prescribe safety precautions to be observed in licensed premises;
- To regulate and control cinematographic exhibitions; and
- To perform such other functions as are necessary or expedient for the full discharge of all or any of the functions conferred on it by this Decree.
The establishment of the Board therefore empowers it to assess, classify and register films and video works and the film outlets across the country, monitor the films and film outlets. As a national body, he NFVCB classification and regulatory authority covers the entire federation
National Film and Video Censors’ Board
Plot 20, Alexandria Crescent,
Wuse II, Zone A7, Abuja
P.M.B. 5053 Wuse, Abuja FCT.