Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Lagos State Chapter has honoured some Nollywood legends in conjunction with Ojez Entertainment Limited.
Veterans like Emeka Ike, Secretary BOT AGN, Sunny Macdon, Prince Emeka Ani, Chief Victor Osuagwu, Barr. Kingsley Ogbonna( aka Dauda), the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ruzu Herbal Products and Services Limited, Dr Roberts Onyemaechi Uzu were among those honoured by AGN.
The event, tagged Nollywood Actors Night held during the weekend at Ojez Restaurant inside the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. It also served as an opportunity to honour some patrons of AGN and present certificates to 172 incoming members of the movie guild, who have gone through some professional training to enable membership.
According to the Lagos chapter AGN chairman, Hon. Emeka Rising Ibeh, Dr Uzu, was awarded for his stewardship and contribution to the affairs of AGN.
Speaking on the sideline, he said that the idea of training new aspiring actors was to encourage them to pick up a skill other than wandering about idle, leading to the committing of fraudulent acts like scams, hookups, and other vices.
“The training session was to educate, nurture, and enable capacity-building amongst the youth and adults who participated,” he said.
Ibeh added that the training of aspiring actors will be the fourth set of trainees since the guild’s commencement of humanitarian development in the three years of his administration.
The first set had 280 participants; the second set had 185; the third had 210; and the fourth set had 172.
He lauded the effort of Dr Uzu for his support towards AGN and his contribution towards making the free training of aspiring actors a successful venture.
In his remark, Dr. Uzu said that Nollywood was the second largest employer of labour after the Federate Government.
He said AGN is an industry that has made an impact in the lives of people at large and deserves support.
Dr. Uzu noted that as an awardee and a member of AGN, he will continue to give health treatments to ailing actors for free nationwide.
Emeka Ike, a special guest, appreciated Dr Uzu for being a reliable support system in giving free healthcare services to better the healthy lives of actors.
He urged upcoming actors to stay focused despite any challenges, and for them to also remain original to their act without emulating someone else’s character.
Emeka Ike also reveals that as the chaperone of a safety committee appointed by AGN to oversee actor welfare and safety in executing primary assignments by producers, he will ensure that the incident leading to the death of star actor Junior Pope and others will never repeat itself in Nollywood.
He said there would be rules and binding laws to checkmate matters of safety in the association.
