Nigeria’s Oscar Selection Committee has reaffirmed its stance on not putting forward a film for the Academy International Feature Film Category.
Members of the 15-member committee who voted against submitting a new film include, Mahmood Ali-Balogun, The Committee’s Vice Chairperson, Mildred Okwo, Shaibu Husseini, Ego Boyo, Moses Babatope, and Kenneth Gyang.
The committee has been embroiled in major internal crisis over its September voting process which saw majority of its members vote for the non-eligibility of any of the three contending films, ‘Anikulapo’, ‘Elesin Oba’ and ‘King Of Thieves.’
Since the committee’s crisis, at least three of its members; Mildred Okwo, Shaibu Husseini and Kenneth Gyang have announced their resignation.
