In a recent interview with PUNCH,
the newly re-elected President of the Actor Guild of Nigeria Ibinabo Fiberisima
addressed some issues regarding her tenure and what she still plans to do. She opened
up to Punch that though the President has done so much for the industry, she didn’t
receive any money from the President.
Read excerpt from the interview
after the cut…
“President Goodluck Jonathan has
done a lot for Nollywood. He has helped us tremendously. Maybe some people are
thinking that he is giving me money. But he is not doing that. They forget that
there is a process you must pass through to get money from government as a
Nollywood professional, not necessarily as an actor. Movie producers,
directors, editors, scriptwriters, even costumiers have all been able to get
access to funds to train themselves. People should learn and understand what is
going on in the film industry before attacking other people.”
On
some of her achievements
“Now that we have a health plan
for Nollywood actors and actresses, you don’t see many of us begging any more.
So we don’t have actors asking us to raise money for them again.We are telling
all actors now that if they are not valid members of the guild and something
bad happens to them, they are on their own. No state governor or government
will come to their aid, if they are not registered members of AGN.”
On
reports that AGN is split into different factions
“I think the problem is that
everybody expects you to please them all the time. But you can’t satisfy
everybody a hundred per cent. You can only do your best, which is what I am
doing. Although everybody has the right to speak their minds, if these people
who have been criticising my administration know what the AGN is all about – I
am sure they don’t even know where the office of the guild is located – they
won’t be going to the press to run us down"
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