This would have been
funny if it wasn't pathetic. According to a few Nollywood practitioners
who were present at the Best of Nollywood Awards, which held last night
in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, the governor of the state Rotimi Amaechi
practically insulted Nollywood practitioners to their faces.
According to a source,
during his speech at the award after he gave veteran actress Liz Benson a
Lifetime Achievement Award, Governor Rotimi said that people in
Nollywood are products of circumstances/necessity. He said that the only
reason they are in Nollywood is because they couldn't find other jobs,
that if they had, they won't be actors. Rotimi said these actors studied
sciences, law, medicine etc but because they couldn't find jobs, they
embraced Nollywood.
Present when he said this
were Nollywood veterans including Liz Benson, Kenneth Okonkwo, Shola
Sobowale, Desmond Elliot, Moses Inwang, Dickson Iroegbu, Bob-manuel
Udokwu, Patience Ozokwor, Elvis Chuks, AY, Iyabo Ojo, Emem Isong and
many others.
Governor Rotimi also put
two veteran actresses on blast. He told the crowd that he gives Joke
Silva and Kate Henshaw bags of money whenever they come to Rivers state.
And then claimed he was the one who encouraged Kate Henshaw to go into
politics.
Like that wasn't enough, Governor Amaechi then said he went into politics for money.
Some of the Nollywood
practitioners are angry about what the governor said and have asked the
AGN to make sure it doesn't happen again.
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