{"id":80461,"date":"2025-12-17T15:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=80461"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:51:48","slug":"can-condemns-a-very-dirty-christmas-movie-title-demands-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/17\/can-condemns-a-very-dirty-christmas-movie-title-demands-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN Condemns \u2018A Very Dirty Christmas\u2019 Movie Title, Demands Apology"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has faulted the title of a new movie, A Very Dirty Christmas, describing it as offensive and disrespectful to the Christian faith.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on December 17, 2025, and signed by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN said Christmas is a sacred season marking the birth of Jesus Christ and symbolising purity, peace, love, and redemption.<\/p>\n

The association argued that associating the holy celebration with the word \u201cdirty\u201d diminishes its spiritual significance and trivialises a solemn religious observance.<\/p>\n

While acknowledging the importance of creative freedom, CAN stressed that artistic expression must be exercised with responsibility and sensitivity, particularly in a religiously diverse country like Nigeria.<\/p>\n

According to the association, creativity should promote understanding and unity rather than provoke or offend deeply held beliefs.<\/p>\n

CAN also expressed concern that the movie\u2019s title passed through regulatory and professional channels without adequate scrutiny.<\/p>\n

It called on the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), to explain how the title was approved for public exhibition, especially during the Christmas season.<\/p>\n

The association further urged industry bodies, including the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), and other Nollywood stakeholders, to take a firm stand against the use of religious themes and symbols in ways that could offend faith communities.<\/p>\n

The Christian body called on the producers and promoters of the film to reconsider the title, issue a public apology, and ensure that religious symbols and sacred seasons are treated with dignity.<\/p>\n

It specifically appealed to the producer, Ini Edo, to show sensitivity and address the concerns raised by the Christian community.<\/p>\n

CAN warned that at a time when Nigeria is grappling with serious moral and social challenges, actions that trivialise sacred values risk deepening divisions and eroding mutual respect.<\/p>\n

The association reaffirmed its commitment to peaceful engagement but vowed to continue speaking out whenever the dignity of the Christian faith is undermined in the public space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has faulted the title of a new movie, A Very Dirty Christmas, describing it as offensive and disrespectful to the Christian faith. In a statement issued on December 17, 2025, and signed by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN said Christmas is a sacred season marking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":80462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1681],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-80461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-religion","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80463,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80461\/revisions\/80463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}