Pic-John Odey, Information Minister
The postponed international summit of the Movie Reporters’ Guild of Nigeria, MORGON, tagged Nollywood Our Nollywood, will now hold elaborately on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at the prestigious Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, with several dignitaries as Guests Speakers.
The General Secretary of the body, Mr. Chibueze Okereke, in a recent press statement explained that the Nollywood summit is among other plans being put in place by MORGON to reposition the thriving nation’s movie industry globally called Nollywood.
“MORGON was established in the first place to assist in the repositioning process of Nollywood, after the postponement of the earlier date, which was as a result of some technical hitches, the executives recently came together and agreed on the new date.”
Okereke, further described movie reporters and Nollywood practitioners as “partners in progress,” adding that the forthcoming event would be the biggest in Nollywood.
Among dignitaries already billed to deliver topical papers at the historic summit are: Mr. John Odey, the Minister of Information and Communication, Mr. Afolabi Adesanya, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation, Mr. Emeka Mba, the Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board and renowned businessman, politician and academic Prof. Pat Utomi. Coming from the UK to also deliver thought provoking papers at the summit are the duo of Kene Mkparu, the first black General Manager of Odeon chain of Cinemas and Magnus Mbanu, a BBC trained film maker alongside Marc Wishengrad, a leading Hollywood filmmaker, coming from the US. Meanwhile, Mr, Andrien Gbinigie, the CEO of Atlantic Overseas and the Life Patron of MORGON, would be the Special Guest of Honour, at the grand gathering.
President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, popular actor Ejike Asiegbu, alongside the Nigerian Film Corporation and the National Film and Video Censors Board, in separate letters to MORGON, have all endorsed the forthcoming event, which is currently the talk of the town in tinsel town.
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