The Members. |
The
Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN’s rule book says that the association must, every
five years, review its constitution to bring in new sets of rules, improve on
the ones that are working and emulate new inventions working in other climes to
do just one thing, see to it that the industry not only progresses, but moves
to the next level of its destination to be a world class industry amongst her
peers in Africa.
In
compliance with the rule of the association, the National President of the AGN,
Mr. Emeka Rollas-Ejezie during the past week, constituted the committee with
the responsibility of reviewing the constitution of the association with the
assembly of some of the best hands in the industry with the requisite KNOW-HOW
with the task to carry out the huge burden put before them and deliver.
Emeka Rollas-Ejezie. President, Actors Guild of Nigeria. |
The
essence of this exercise, the President of AGN says, is to officially inform
our guild that this is a new dawn. We want to go down to the foundation of
Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), repair what we can and redirect the guild moving
forward. We thank God that this guild has been sustained till now, it is no
longer about the old ways, we will add new trends.
We
need to move with the trends. We also know that the film industry many years
ago revolved around VHS, but today, technology has changed all of that and if
we as actors cannot change with the change, we will remain stagnant, while
people will come with different styles, rip us off, go their way and you won’t
blame them.
The Constitution Review Committee members. |
The
committee which is chaired by Barrister Kenneth Okonkwo, has members drawn from
all sectors of the movie industry and they are, Bob Manuel Udokwu, Hon. Desmond
Elliot, Ronnie Dikko, Keppy Ekpenyong Bassey, Edith Irabo Shola, Ajisafe
Ayokunle, Ifeanyi Agility Onwurah, Barr. Ikechukwu Ezenagu and Hajia Salma
Ibrahim.
While
accepting his role as Chairman of the committee, Kenneth Okonkwo says that “It is
a privilege to be appointed Chairman of this committee, and this is like
homecoming to me, bringing in my experiences in both law and acting to bare for
the improvement of the industry that has given me everything that I have today
and I pledge to do my best to help harness not only the potentials of the
guild, but also help bring in new ideas and trends to improve the industry.
I am
elated and grateful that the guild through the President, Emeka Rollas found me
and other members of this committee, worthy to do this job at this appointed
time and we promise not to disappoint neither the President, nor the industry,
as this is a give-back time to the industry that has given us so much.
On
hand to give moral support was the former President if the AGN, Mr. Segun
Arinze who acknowledged that the task before the Constitution review committee
was a huge one, but encouraged them to do more while doing their job to make
the constitution more endearing to up and coming actors in terms of welfare and
protection of their rights and talents.
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