The Censorship office through the Department of Finance has revised their Censorship fees and charges.
The fees revised were the registration fees for the premises where the activity is being operated in and the classification fees especially in the case of imported movies.
Initially gazetted on the 4th of June this year, the new fees however will be imposed on the 4th of January, 2021.
According to Chief Censor Jim Abani, it has been a long time since anything has been done about the fees and charges.
“For the last 10 years the fees have always been the same and it is timely for us now to make changes,” said Abani.
He further added that this was a directive from the Government and as a Government agency they had to implement these fees and charges.
However concerns were raised by the respective stakeholders especially since the increase of charges were perceived to be too much.
One of them was Assistant Manager of Paradise Cinemas Ms. Pru Go who aired her concerns that her business was affected by Covid19 and also with movie downloading apps like Netnaija hence, such censorship fee increase would be a struggle.
The Department of Finance Review Office of Price and Charges Team Leader Monica Nita assured them that the prices will come under review every 12 months.
“These changes have already been gazetted and is a legal document now but it is an ongoing process and fees and charges are subjected to scrutiny and will go under review it in 12 months” Ms. Nita said.
In the meantime, she also advised all stakeholders to work together with the Censorship Office.