Nollywood Should Know That Converting Human Parts Into Money Is A Myth – Fashola

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has come out to say that a lot of movies from Nollywood actually encourage money ritual and kidnapping.

He revealed this as he spoke on the topic “Insecurity: Taking actions against organized crime” at the 4th annual public lecture/symposium organized by the United Action for Change urged filmmakers to change the narrative to save innocent lives.

According to him, the conversion of human parts into money is nothing but a myth and it should not be displayed in movies.

He added that this belief must change because it is just not true.

His words, “Some people believe that if you get a man’s head or a woman’s body parts, they could be turned into money. It’s not true! And when you ask people who believe in it if they have seen it happen before, they tell you someone said they had seen it.

“However, it has become a reinforced belief through entertainment, social media and Nollywood. How can human head bring money? Money is paper invented by man, not God. They put the paper in a machine to print what we call money and that is the only place money comes from.

“But the challenge is the belief system. Just think about how many people have been missing – through kidnapping – because some people believe that it exists. The police could tell us the number of people they have apprehended with human parts, such as skulls. This belief system must go.

“Therefore, all of us, including those who make the films, must reverse the story and start selling a new story that money is printed in a machine and not through any other way like money rituals.”

“It is not true, or how does that happen? What is the connection between paper (money) and cotton (pants) or has anybody seen cotton money before? Those of us who have influence and authority must take positions to see to the reversal of this kind of beliefs.”