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Nollywood Celebrities Make Money By Sleeping With Sugar Mummies & Daddies – Wale Adenuga

Wale Adenuga

Wale Adenuga

 

Wale Adenuga, chairman of Pefti Film Institute, who is also a
veteran of the movie industry has described the film industry in Nigeria
as unprofitable.

 

He noted that things are not working out the way it should. He made this known while speaking in Ibadan over the weeken.

 

He said the Federal Government had done its best by providing loans
for film making but it isn’t enough. He went on to advocate for a total
restructuring of the sector.

 

He pointed out that the actors and actresses who live flamboyant
lifestyles are able to do so from other sources outside of the film
industry.

 

He added that “Many of them lift themselves by using sugar daddies and sugar mummies.”

 

He said: “Many people are oblivious of the fact that many of
the young Nollywood actors and actresses who live flamboyant lifestyles
make their money outside film making. They make people believe
everything is alright in the film making.

“You see them building big houses, living in affluence, but their source of money is beyond making the film.”

 

He criticized lack of an organised association to govern the activities of the actors and moviemakers in the industry saying: “Although
the average Nigerian may find this shocking but Nollywood is the only
industry with no organised association to govern the activities of
actors and moviemakers in the industry.

“This country cannot speak of a unified national association of
filmmakers, the way that doctors talk about the Nigerian Medical
Association (NMA), lawyers talk about the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
and the gentlemen of the press have the Nigerian Union of
Journalists(NUJ).

“It is true that Nollywood has all manners of guilds but these are all based on the sentiments.

 

“One is persuaded to believe that the inability to come
together under an umbrella is one of the reasons why Nollywood have some
of the problems that hinder them from the development of the business
in Nigeria”

 

He added that the industry may witness bad days soon if deliberate efforts are not made to address the problem in the industry.

 

He said: “If things are not checked, there are disasters ahead.
The cinemas that we have are too elitist in outlook and the common man
cannot afford the luxury. What we need are community cinema houses where
people can pay as low as N500.

“If Nollywood is well structured, there would be pension and
health insurance schemes to the advantage of practitioners but that is
not the case at the moment. What we have are self creations and growth
of cabals.

“When there is no structure, there would be cabals. That is why there is high prevalence of abuse in the industry.

“A lot is going on in Nollywood and this is encouraged by lack
of structure. Nollywood is the only industry that has no united front.
In Nollywood, it is an all-comers affair. Anybody can become a director.
There are no ethics and no professionalism. I can say that 90 per cent
of the popular artistes in the industry do not belong to any
association.

“I can name actors that died without proper care. Our members
are too proud whereas all is not well with Nollywood. We just grandstand
and create wrong impression. It is only the men that are painting the
real picture in Nollywood and it is the picture of poverty. People who
are enjoying from the muddy water of the Nollywood will not want things
to be reformed.”

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