The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), is intensifying copyright awareness creation among its sister agencies and stakeholders in Adamawa State.
The State Coordinator, NCC Yola Office, Mr. Yusuf Ibrahim, who disclosed this, informed that the Commission’s operatives embarked on several copyright sensitisation outreaches to relevant stakeholders in the State in commemoration of the World Book and Copyright Day on 23rd April and World IP Day on 26th April 2022.
According to him, the visits were also aimed at exploring avenues for further collaboration and support for the Commission’s antipiracy enforcement activities, public enlightenment drive and to encourage registration of copyright works.
Mr. Ibrahim said some of the stakeholders visited on World Book and Copyright Day were NAS FM and Fombina FM (FRCN), Yola, adding that the NCC State Office used the opportunity to present to the broadcast stations copies of DG’s Press Statement on the Day, and other copyright enlightenment materials.
The State Coordinator, who fielded questions bordering on copyright during interview sessions with newsmen, used the opportunity to enlighten the public on the consequences of illegal reproduction and distribution of copyright works and the need to support the Commission’s antipiracy drive in the state and its environs.
Also on World Book and Copyright Day, operatives of NCC Yola Office, according to Mr. Ibrahim, visited the following media stakeholders: Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation; Abti Printing Press and Government Printing Press all in Yola.
He informed that the Director, Programmes, Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, Mr. Michael Bello, received the NCC State Coordinator and his team who in turn presented him with the NCC Director- General’s Press Statement for the Day and gifts from the Commission, including fliers and other enlightenment materials. The State Coordinator later fielded questions from journalists on the essence of the Day and copyright awareness messages to the Yola public.
The State Coordinator and his team also used the occasion pay inspection visits to selected bookshops in the State capital.
NCC Enlightens Printing Outlets, Resolves Stakeholder Dispute in Yola
THE Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) carried out copyright awareness outreaches to two Printing Presses in Yola in commemoration of the World IP Day on 26th April 2022.
The NCC State Coordinator, Mr. Yusuf Ibrahim, who revealed this, stated that the places the copyright sensitisation was carried out were Abti Printing Press Ltd and Government Printing Press, Yola.
According to him, the General Manager of Abti Printing Press Ltd, Mrs. Priscilla Abdul and the staff met with the NCC team where the State Coordinator briefed her on the purpose of the visit and presented a copy of the DG’s Press Statement and other copyright awareness materials to the GM.
Mr. Ibrahin added that at the Government Printing Press, Yola, the Managing Director, Mr. Jerry Maka received the NCC team and took them on a tour of facilities of the Printing Press. The Commission presented him with gifts and some copyright awareness material
In another development, the NCC Yola Office, in line with the Commission’s mandate of resolving disputes between its stakeholders, met with the two factions of the Film Image Protection Professionals Association of Nigeria (FIPPAN), Adamawa State Branch to address some contentious professional issues between them.
The NCC Yola Office Coordinator, Mr. Yusuf Ibrahim, who disclosed this in a report, informed that the reconciliatory meeting which held in the Commission’s Yola Office on 15th of June 2022, ended on a positive note.
He indicated that the hitherto contentious issues relating to appointments, areas of jurisdiction and enforcement were amicably resolved.
