Tinubu congratulates filmmakers on Guinness World record for largest film screening
Nollywood
Abdullateef Fowewe
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian filmmakers Damilola Osikoya of Switch Visual Production and Nora Awolowo of Rixel Studios for setting a Guinness World Record for the largest attendance at a film screening.
The record was achieved during the screening of the Nollywood film Black Market in Lagos on September 26, 2026.
In a statement issued on Monday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Tinubu celebrated the filmmakers “for their creativity, enterprise and ambition,” describing the feat as “further evidence of the extraordinary talent driving Nigeria’s creative industry.”
The President noted that Nigeria’s creative economy “is building businesses, creating jobs and opening new markets for Nigerian talent, while film, music, fashion and art carry the country’s stories and culture to audiences worldwide.”
He added that the Black Market achievement “shows what is possible when Nigerian creativity is matched with enterprise and scale,” and reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to creating more opportunities for young Nigerians “to build livelihoods and globally competitive businesses from their talent.”
Tinubu also commended everyone involved in the project and wished the team greater success.
