Nollywood
diva Funke Akindele is in the news again, this time not alone, but
together with Chidinma and Chidiebere Aneke, popularly known as The
Aneke Twins.
The trio was among the delegation of the Actors Guild
of Nigeria members that paid a courtesy visit to President Goodluck
Jonathan at Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, on February 18, 2014,
Tuesday.
As you may note, the twins in white contrast nicely with Funke Akindele in black.
Check out this lovely picture below:
In her speech, the President
of the AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima, has made a call for the sack of those
at the helm of affairs of the Nigeria Film Corporation and National Film and Video Censors Board.
Fiberesima urged President Jonathan to review their appointments and employ those with passion for the job to instil purposeful leadership in the film industry.
She said that
those who have been appointed to run those agencies have shown lack of
capacity to put the industry on the path of growth, especially in this
transformational period.
She implored
the President to review those appointments and appoint administrators
with passion, zeal and total dedication to the development of the film
Industry.
She also said that Nollywood was in dire need of a modern, responsive legal environment for it to continue to thrive and remain relevant to this administration's transformation agenda.
In his response, President Jonathan promised to look at the requests put forward by the guild for the donation
of a piece of land, stating that the land was guaranteed, but that he
would meet with the FCT Minister to help them build a secretariat.
Noting that
actors nationwide have touched the lives of Nigerians even to the
grassroots, the President said that Nollywood was the tool that would be
used to redefine Africa.
The Information
Minister, Labaran Maku, promised that their request that needed
executive assent would be presented to the Federal Executive Council next week.
The Culture and
Tourism Minister, Edem Duke, also urged the guild to sustain the
positive value of the country, as well as the unity of the country in
every story they tell.
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