Government should stop giving actors money - John Okafor
Popular actor, John Okafor, in a recent chat with Punch, criticised the recent visit of
the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria to President Jonathan.
Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, said he had beef with those who went
to visit the president because the president is yet to set his
priorities right with regard to Nollywood.
“The government should stop giving Actors’ Guild cash, because we don’t know how to handle it. Some people will go to the office, process the money and squander it and we (actors) never benefit from such goodwill.
“If they (government) can give us a structure or land, we (actors) can go ahead and secure funds from investors to build five-star hotels and other facilities on it, because it will be a tourist haven. We can bring the Nigerian Censor’s board into the same arena." Okafor tells Punch. Continue...
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