Tinubu congratulates filmmakers Osikoya, Awolowo on ‘Black Market’ Guinness record
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday congratulated Nigerian filmmakers Damilola Osikoya of Switch Visual Production and Nora Awolowo of Rixel Studios on achieving the Guinness World Record for the largest attendance at a film screening.
The duo set a Guinness World Record with the screening of Black Market in Lagos on Saturday.
A statement by the presidency on Monday said, “President Tinubu celebrates the filmmakers for their creativity, enterprise and ambition, describing their achievement as further evidence of the extraordinary talent driving Nigeria’s creativity industry.”
According to the statement, the President said Nigeria’s creative economy is building businesses, creating jobs and opening new markets for Nigerian talent, while film, music, fashion and art carry the country’s stories and culture to audiences worldwide.
Commending everyone involved in Black Market movie, the statement said, “The achievement of Black Market shows what is possible when Nigerian creativity is matched with enterprise and scale, and reaffirms his administration’s commitment to creating more opportunities for young Nigerians to build livelihoods and globally competitive businesses from their talent.”
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