Gov Rotimi Amaechi insults Nollywood practitioners to their faces, says they are products of circumstances

This would have been funny if it wasn't pathetic. According to a few
Nollywood practitioners who were present at the Best of Nollywood
Awards, which held last night in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, the
governor of the state Rotimi Amaechi practically insulted Nollywood
practitioners to their faces.

According to a source who reached out to NRB, during his speech at the
award after he gave veteran actress Liz Benson a Lifetime Achievement
Award, Governor Rotimi said that people in Nollywood are products of
circumstances/necessity. He said that the only reason they are in
Nollywood is because they couldn't find other jobs, that if they had,
they won't be actors. Rotimi said these actors studied sciences, law,
medicine etc but because they couldn't find jobs, they embraced
Nollywood.

Present when he said this were Nollywood veterans including Liz
Benson, Kenneth Okonkwo, Shola Sobowale, Desmond Elliot, Moses Inwang,
Dickson Iroegbu, Bob-manuel Udokwu, Patience Ozokwor, Elvis Chuks, AY,
Iyabo Ojo, Emem Isong and many others.

Governor Rotimi also put two veteran actresses on blast. He told the
crowd that he gives Joke Silva and Kate Henshaw bags of money whenever
they come to Rivers state. And then claimed he was the one who
encouraged Kate Henshaw to go into politics.

Like that wasn't enough, Governor Amaechi then said he went into
politics for money.

Some of the Nollywood practitioners are angry about what the governor
said and have asked the AGN to make sure it doesn't happen again.