The National Vice-President of
the North-West Chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Salihu Othman Isah
aka Hotman has criticized the omission of the National President of the body,
Ibinabo Fiberesima and the Chairman of the body’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Mazi
Ifeanyi Dike in the just concluded National Honours Award.
According to him, “If you look at
that honourees’ list critically, you will observe that only a few entertainers
made the list; Kenneth Nnebue, Joke Silva, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Abubakar
Ladan Zaria who is a musician. This is in spite of the huge contributions of
the industry to national growth.
“In fact, apart from the oil
sector and the customs and excise, one sector that has done so much to improve
the nation’s GDP is the entertainment sector. It is so sad that when it is time
to recognise Nigerians we are left out or they just ridicule us by including
one or two of us. “This is not enough, considering what we represent. Here is a
sector that has taken millions out of the streets by providing them with jobs;
yet, out of 305 national honourees, you give out just four slots to that sector.
“We all agree that this is, no doubt, a mean feat, because the FG has also
undertaken to erect the edifice. So, I believe that Ibinabo Fiberesima and
Ifeanyi Dike and some other leaders in Nollywood deserve to be honoured by the
nation,” he said.
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