Chief Tony Okoroji, Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Nigeria’s biggest copyright collective management organization, on a whirlwind tour of Abuja, the nation’s capital, was this Tuesday warmly received at the Wuse Headquarters of the National Film & Video Censors’ Board (NFVCB) by the Executive Director, Dr Shaibu Hussein, and all the members of the Board of NFVCB.
Welcoming Chief Okoroji, Dr Hussein said that it was a great day for the Censors’ Board to receive in its premises one of the greatest pillars of the Nigerian creative industry and an indefatigable and sustained defender of the rights of creative people across Nigeria. Addressing members of his Board, Dr Hussein spoke glowingly about Chief Tony Okoroji’s unmatched impact on the entertainment industry in Nigeria as President of PMAN, which he is replicating as Chairman of COSON.
In reply, Chief Okoroji commended Dr Hussein’s leadership of the Censors’ Board and how he has so quickly repositioned the Censors’ Board and made the organization an active participant in key issues of policy affecting the creative sector in the country. The former President of PMAN said that he is excited by the tremendous energy Dr Hussein has brought to his assignment, which according to him, is proof that at NFVCB, there is presently a round peg in a round hole as a good leader will always positively affect the direction of any organization, state or country. He said that his presence at the NFVCB, the first time since the agency was created, is evidence of his acknowledgement of the great work of the leadership.
The COSON Chairman said that part of the reason for his visit to Abuja, is to “mobilize all ‘mobilizables’” towards the unforgettable success of the much- advertised master-blaster COSON Week 2025, featuring 7 different big back-to-back events in Lagos, the nation’s entertainment capital, from May 25 to May 31. While inviting members of the NFVCB Board to the big COSON Week 2025 events which he said will be “stupendous” and “unmissable”, Chief Tony Okoroji repeated the mantra of COSON Week 2025: “Nigeria will rise Again!”.
