Following in the line of Lagos State Government, which recently established a register for sexual offenders, President Gooodluck Jonathan has stressed the need to establish a Hall of Shame that will contain names of criminals and social misfits to serve as deterrent to any Nigerian who indulges in unlawful activities.
The President who said this when he hosted Legends of Nollywood led by its chairman, Paul Obazele in Aso Rock Presidential Villa said inclusion of names of such persons in the register would deter others from following the same path.
According to him, immortalising the names of criminal minded people in the proposed hall of shame will make families and youths to be aware of the kind of shame they will face after engaging in a crime.
The president said, “I heard you saying that you are planning a Hall of Fame; we are thinking of having a hall of shame where the names of criminals would be written.”
“This will serve as a deterrent to those who may want to indulge in criminal activities as they would not want to soil their family names”.
He also commended Nollywood for contributing to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), he said the actors and actresses have done the nation proud by projecting the nation’s culture positively within and outside the country.
He further charged the actors to help project agriculture positively in their movies so that youngsters could develop interest in going into the business assuring them of government support for the production of such movies.
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