Nollywood Deserves Annual Budget, Ministry--Actor Osita Iheme

Source: Nathan Nathaniel Ekpo/Nigeriafilms.com

Nollywood star actor Osita Iheme has intensely stated that Nollywood has played paramount role towards the country's Gross Domestic Product GDP, which was recently considered the best in Africa.

In this rebased economy, the actor revealed that Nollywood is rated the best sector in the economy GDP. As a result, he urges the Federal Government to give the industry their ministerial position, annual budget, allocations, and give them an opportunity to enjoy from what they contributed to GDP.

"Now that Nollywood has been rated best in the economy GDP, Can we have our Ministry, Allocations...etc? We achieved it by ourselves. Kudos. We need our own Annual Budget.

“A lot of money have been spent on other sectors that is not working. Now in Nollywood, Job seeking graduates can have a lifeline if Nollywood gets its annual budget,” the award-winning actor added.

Pawpaw as he widely known in the filming industry has been busy on film location with his pair, Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki) and some other actors.