February 11, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives has blamed Nollywood for the rising rate of ritual killing in the country and it has called for a state of emergency on the menace.
During a plenary session on Wednesday, January 9, 2022, the law makers asked the National Orientation Agency, stakeholders and the media to initiate a campaign towards changing the situation in the country.
It also asked the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, to take urgent steps towards tackling ritual killing in the country.
The house also called on the Executive Chairman, National Film and Video Censors Board, Adebayo Thomas, to rise to the mandate of the agency, while mandating its Committee on Information, National Orientation Ethics and Values to ensure that the resolution was complied with.
This followed the motion by the Deputy Minority leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, who raised the alarm over the surge in ritual related killing across the country.
