Popular musician and actor, Banky W’s “Sugar Rush” has been granted approval by the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) to be screening in Nigeria cinemas.
In a statement by Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, Executive Director/CEO, NFVCB, he said;
“The past week has been eventful for us as an organization with diverse speculations in the media on the perceived ban of Sugar Rush movie at the cinemas while we were still doing our due diligence on the movie for final approval.”
“We are pleased to inform the general public that the movie has been classified and granted final approval for public screening.”
“The unprecedented successes of the creative industry was responsible for the nation’s award as the Emerging Film Market at the Official Convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), CinemaCon, Las Vegas, USA.”
“The board has improved capacity of its staff and this led to the confiscation and recent destruction of over 500million naira worth of bootlegged and pirated video works.”