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COAS, Samdaddy, Yahaya Bello, others top list of 2022 Friends of Nollywood Awards
As the preparations for the 2022 edition of the prestigious Friends of Nollywood Awards gets to advanced stage, the honours list for this year’s edition has got Chief of Army Staff, Leitnant General Yahaya Farouk, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwa-Olu, PDP national Secretary Samuel Anyanwu, topping the list of awardees
This was contained in a statement signed by Nzeh Frankwhite and Steve Eboh, Team Lead and Chairman Award selection committee respectively
According to the statement, ” this year’s list was carefully selected to reflect the a balance of men and women that have been of immense support and encouragement to the developmental strides of the Nigerian movie industry from their various little spaces.
Other prominent Nigerians that made the list are; IGP, Usman Alkali Baba, Dr Young Toby Ekechi, MD/CEO First Generations Mortgage Bank, Chief Chris Igbokwe, Barrister Uju Kennedy, Chief of the Air Staff, AVM Isiaka Amao, Prof Ali Pantami, Princess Adejoke Adefulire, Abubakar Abdullahi Kure, Prince Alex Mbata among others
According to the organisers, the 2022 edition of this prestigious award promises to be different as it will be presented as part of the closing sessions of the maiden Nollywood Technology & Security Summit.
A night of glitz, glamour and razzmatazz, with numerous industry stakeholder, actors, producers, directors, etc.
The Friends of Nollywood Award was birthed in 2006, in partnership with top industry stakeholders to reward, honour and celebrate non film practitioners who have partnered and supported the growth and progress of the Nigeria movie industry, directly or indirectly
This year’s edition is scheduled for the 15th day of November, with the theme, Nollywood a Pillar in Nigeria’s Socioeconomic Development to be delivered by Dr Young Toby Ekechi, MD/CEO First Generations Mortgage Bank, at the prestigious Bolingo Xpera Hotels, Abuja
Some of the past recipients of this prestigious award includes; former president Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, Late former president Umar Musa Yar’Adua, Mr Emeka Mba, Sir Mike Okiro, Mallam Isa Yuguda, Alhaji Rabiu Isiaku Rabiu, Alhaji Buba Marwa, among several others
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Musawa Seeks Broader Significance for June 12
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., says June 12 must be remembered as a sacrifice that gave Nigerians democracy, beyond its status as a public holiday.
In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Assistant Media & Publicity to the Honourable Minister,Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy Dr Nneka Ikem Anibeze Ph.D in Abuja.
Musawa stated this at the national premiere of “MKO”, a film on Chief Moshood Abiola, held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.
She said 33 years after June 12, 1993, many young Nigerians know it only as a holiday, but the film turns it back into memory.
“For too many young Nigerians, June 12 is simply a public holiday. This film tells them that our democracy did not arrive by chance. It was fought for. It was defended. It was paid for. This documentary is in honour of the heroes of June 12, the men and women who gave their lives for the mandate of June 12, 1993 and for the democracy Nigeria enjoys today,” the Minister said.
Musawa hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Host, for his participation in the June 12 struggle and paying the price in exile, adding that Nigeria’s creative industry will keep telling the story of its democracy with courage.
“Through film and the creative economy, Nigeria will preserve its history. A nation that forgets its past loses its way to the future. Nigeria has a story and our story deserves to be told,” she said.
Earlier, the director of the investigative documentary, Ose Oyamendan, said the film was in honour and memory of heroes who fought for Nigeria’s democracy.
“There was Hope ’93 and now there is Renewed Hope. There was a man who sacrificed his life so we may have democracy and there is a man who almost lost his life fighting for democracy who is now helping build a lasting democracy.
“There was a great man called Bashorun MKO Abiola and there is now another great man called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Democrats. Nationalists. Nation builders. Leaders of men and women. We must never forget our story. We must always honour and remember our heroes,” Oyamendan said.
Top government officials including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the wife of the President Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief of Staff to the President Rt. Femi Gbajabiamila, state Governors, members of the National Assembly, Ministers and other distinguished dignitaries attended the premiere.
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