Emeka Ike has alleged that
the N3 billion Nollywood Intervention Fund has been hijacked while asking for
probe.
The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria
(AGN), Emeka Ike, has called on the Federal Government to look into the utilization
of the N3 billion Nollywood Intervention Fund.
According to the news Ike alleged that the money was
“hijacked by a cabal” putting the film industry at a disadvantage.
Ike disclosed that the few people who benefited from
the fund were buying houses in Abuja and Lagos state, forgetting to invest any
of it back into the industry.
He also claimed that majority of the 247 actors
alleged to have been trained at the cost of N899 million abroad from the fund,
were untraceable.
“What the cabal do is to bring faces for
Mr President; that’s what they did in the last administration, they are
scavengers, and I am begging us here today to expose them.”
Ike encouraged the government to relate directly
with associations within the film industry such as AGN, ANTP and Kannywood,
instead of individuals.
The AGN president who was in Adamawa to participate
in a programme organized by the state Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, to
encourage youth on self-reliance, said that the film industry if well funded,
has the potential to boost the Nation's economy.
Ike assured that he would work hard during his
tenure to address the issue of sexual harassment as well as all forms of
indiscipline and exploitation in the film industry.
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