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According to 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 she 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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