AT a well-attended ceremony
held at Rumours, situated at GRA, Ikeja, the newly elected executives of the
Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), were formally sworn into office. The events
which witnessed the presence of the bigwigs in the Nigerian movie and music
industries featured a red carpet reception.
Receiving the mandate to
steer the affairs of the Guild over the next two years, the President of the
Guild, Ibinabo Fiberisima, said that it is now time for serious business.
According to the actress cum model, the present executives of the AGN have a
mountain to climb if the Guild, and by extension, Nollywood must survive.
Ibinabo said that it would no longer be business as usual in the sector as
efforts are being made to purge Nollywood of the many knotty issues which have
caused the impoverishment of a hardworking people. “With concerted efforts, we
shall, this time around, bring the industry to a pedestal whereby owners of
works and actors shall be proud of doing what they know how to do best,” she
said.
The three programmes
included in what she termed her transformation agenda are: a health plan,
insurance and pension scheme, strong and virile state chapters as well as
strengthened relations with international professional organisations.
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