The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has knocked Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for describing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as a “Nollywood actor.” SaharaReporters had reported that El-Rufai while featuring on TVC’s Journalists’ Hangout on Thursday, had described Obi as a Nollywood actor who was incapable of winning the elections. Speaking on various opinion polls predicting Obi’s victory, the Kaduna governor said most of them were designed to have a high margin of error.
February 4, 2023SaharaReporters had reported that El-Rufai while featuring on TVC’s Journalists’ Hangout on Thursday, had described Obi as a Nollywood actor who was incapable of winning the elections.
Speaking on various opinion polls predicting Obi’s victory, the Kaduna governor said most of them were designed to have a high margin of error. The statement partly read, “The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Chief Ejezie Emeka Rollas, says El Rufai’s statement is not only derogatory to the acting profession but degrading to the actors in Nollywood.
“Nollywood Actors have in no small way projected the image of our dear country positively from the negative perception the likes of El Rufai and his cohorts have portrayed us to be.
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