Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has criticized Nollywood producers for perpetuating negative stereotypes and selling the country short by producing movies that feature Nigerians traveling abroad and acting foolishly.
According to him, producers sell Nigerians short by continuing to chase that storyline, emphasizing that foreign countries never produce movies that depict their citizens as foolish or inferior but instead, they often portray themselves as superheroes
Taking to his Instagram page, Edochie wrote; “I wish our producers will stop making films where Nigerians travel abroad dey mumu. We sell ourselves short with such storylines. Oyibo people will never make a movie where a white man is foolish on African soil. Instead they’ll make the white man smarter than all the Africans in the movie.
“It’s intentional. They use movies to sell themselves as superheroes while we use ours to run ourselves down. Let’s make movies where a Nigerian goes abroad and becomes the focal point for Oyibo people. He or she always walks with shoulders high, with so much pride and dignity.
“Always on Nigerian wears and teaches Oyibo people beautiful Othings they never knew about us. Offers traditional solutions to problems and becomes a leader over there. Let’s sell ourselves as superheroes as well.”
Meanwhile, Edochie, 42, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for suspending the controversial cybersecurity tax. Recently, the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), directed banks to impose a 0.5 per cent tax on electronic transactions, otherwise known as Cybersecurity Tax.
