Onitsha Nollywood actors mark 17th anniversary, cryout as social media renders members jobless
By Oge Onyeanusi, Onitsha
The Onitsha zone, Anambra state, Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, weekend celebrated its 17th anniversary at Royal Paradise hotel, Obosi, near Onitsha, in Grand style even as it cried out that the increase in the social media platform has rendered most of their members jobless.
In her welcome address at the occsion, the Onitsha zone coordinator, Mrs Chinyelu Easter Anyaegbunam, while expressing satisfaction with the large turnout of guests and members, frowned at the increase of social media platform adding that, “due to the social media usage, our members, our members are left without jobs because many unprofessionals have taken over the industry”.
“We passionately plead with the state government and public spirited individuals to please help us with sufficient funds to enable us produce our zonal films”
“It is our desire to create jobs for our members by Producing films in the zone and also to organize trainings, workshops and seminars in various departments.
The sum of #10million will salvage the situation. We need vehicles for proper coordination of the activities of the zone.and to help us check mate the excesses of unprofessional film makers in the state”.
She hinted that the zone has no Permanent office as it moved from place to place for office which prompted it to pay #.4million yearly and urged for assistance.
She paid glowing tribute to the traditional ruler of Obosi, HRH, Igwe Chidubem Iweka, who she hinted contributed immensely to the success of the anniversary and rapid growth of actors in the zone.
Onitsha Nollywood actors mark 17th anniversary, cryout as social media renders members jobless
Earlier in his speech, the chairman of the occasion, a veteran and popular actor, Chief Amaechi Muonagu, stressed the need for assistance to the zone adding that it has been able to produce actors who today have made Nollywood to dare Hollywood .
He urged the government to see Nollywood actors as big employers of labour who use their ingenuity to create wealth four the people.
In his post award speech, the Chief Executive Officer, CEO/proprietor of the hotel, venue of the event, Prince Okechukwu Obiagwuna, thanked them for honouring him and gave them an office to stay pending when they will have their permanent Secretariat.
The CEO who has uplifted scores of indigenous people vowed to continue to assist the zone and donated #one million to them.
Also a former coordinator for eight years in the zone and now the state treasurer, who was also honored, Chief Christopher Ezeolisa, commended members for the anniversary especially Mrs. Anyaegbunam, for her relentless efforts towards the upliftment of the Onitsha zone.
Others honored were, Bishop
Onyeka Nzekwesi of the Jesus Alive Ministry who pledged to assist the zone when ever called upon to do so and Chief Omezie Okeke who was represented by Charles Edeh.
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