THE President of God's Kingdom Society (GKS)-the Church of the Living God, Brother O. E. Aighalua has charged the federal and state governments to clean up the airwaves by closely monitoring the type of films shown on television, cable stations and cinema houses.
Aighalua called on government parastatals in charge of films (Nigerian Film Corporation, National Film and Video Censors Board) reduce the spate of ritual killings, violence and sorcery in local movies.
Speaking on the sermon Follow Peace with all Men and Holiness during the Freedom Day Divine Service, at the GKS Service Hall, Salem City, Warri, Delta State, Aighalua stated that sorcery and ritual killing had become almost synonymous with Nigerian films such that many people now had the wrong notion that without love potions one could not get a life partner or that without going to ritualists one could not become rich.
The highly impressionable minds of youths, he went on, picked up those traits more readily and warned that television and home video industry "should not become a school of violence and a college for crime". He spoke of a causal relationship between television and video portrayals of violent crimes and anti-social behaviours stating that the situation was serious enough to warrant appropriate and immediate remedial action. "The Bible in Romans 14:13 says that no man (should) put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way"
He said that in line with the essence of the annual celebration of the Freedom Day which is to reflect on the mission of Christ to the world, the governments should promote only films that emphatically "encourage honesty, contentment, loyalty, truthfulness, care for one another and other ingredients of peace and godliness".
According to him, though sometimes in real life the ungodly ones live long and prosper, but allowing villains "to have the upper hand for a long time in films before the conflicts in the plot are resolved tends to cast such characters in positive light especially to some young minds who see their antics as the right and proper way to success".
The religious leader advocated for the situation where bad characters in films should be promptly denounced and justly punished to send a note of warning to society to avoid such evil ways. "This would go a long way to preserve the moral fabric of society and present a better image of Nigeria to the world."
Among dignitaries who attended the Freedom Day Service were the National Vice Chairman of GKS Laity, Brother Emmanuel Fregene, the National Secretary Brother Anthony Afisi, the Delta State PDP chairman, Brother Emmanuel Ogidi, the Delta State Finance Commissioner, Brother Love Ojakovo and Ambassador Preston Egbe (OON) among others.
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