The lawless nature of the business of film making in Nigeria is the reason for the low quality of a lot of Nollywood films. There is no quality control mechanism. This has resulted in loss of confidence by lots of people; as most people prefer to watch Hollywood movies or even Bollywood movies to that of Nollywood. This could be resolved if the Nollywood body put up a particular set of standards to be reached for a movie to be distributed to the public. This will help to improve movie production quality in Nollywood.
The inability to fight the hydra-headed monster of piracy with one voice. A survey by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said that 9 out of 10 copies of Nigerian films are pirated. This has frustrated so many practitioners. To the extent that many have jumped out of the boat to join politics or take up some other form of employment. Real passion for acting is fast becoming a thing of the past; as a lot of our actors move on to big spenders the moment they become popular. The truth is that less than 10% of practitioners make money from film making. Majority of the island houses and posh cars that we see are acquired from other sources other than film making.
Government in 2006 reviewed the film policy to bring the motion picture industry in line with international best practices. And to prepare it for sustainable growth. Following the review, it was recommended, among-st others, that a Practitioners Council be set up to administer, regulate and professionalize the practice of making motion pictures in Nigeria. This Council, anchored by the establishment of National Guilds and Associations; backed by the necessary enabling laws; is to ensure proper organizational structuring, entry criteria, rules/regulations, discipline, and set standards, thereby driving the potentials for quality productions but as the years went by, the only thing this association has seceded in doing is fight for power and dominance, power and who to be control. Nollywood need a more disciplined association with laws and regulations guiding movie makers, actors and marketers.
Governments, both national and state have done little or nothing to assist the Nigerian film industry until the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan initiated the N3 Billion intervention. It is true that some state governments have, over the years, supported individual practitioners but there is no widespread impact of such support on the industry. Having identified some of the most urgent problems plaguing the industry, urgent action should be taken by the government, movie makers and actors to checkmate the activities of movie makers to tackle these challenges accordingly to ensure the growth of the industry.