This is good news for singer cum actor, Bankole Wellington a.k.a Banky W as the ban on his movie; “Sugar Rush” has now been lifted by the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB).
Speaking on the approval of the movie, the Executive Director/CEO of NFVCB, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, 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.”