The Defence Headquarters, DHQ and the Nigerian Film Corporation, NFC have commenced collaboration to engage the Nigerian movie industry to tell the story of Nigerian military in correct perspectives through movies.
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin announced this at an interactive meeting between stakeholders in the Nigerian Film Industry and Defence department of Civil Military Cooperation in Abuja. He said that Defence Headquarters realised that there was need to change the narratives about the story of military being told in Nigerian movies.
Olonisakin said that the experience of American military during their operation in Somalia made them to collaborate with Hollywood to retell their story.
The Managing Director, Nigerian Film Corporation, Chidia Maduekwe, said the objective of the meeting was to put in place necessary procedures to project the armed forces in proper perspective through film makers.
