Towards
enhancing professionalism and rewarding creativity, the Actors Guild of Nigeria
(AGN) has concluded plans to organise the maiden edition of the Screen Actors
Award.
The
award aims to recognise actors, individuals, corporate bodies, government and
its agencies that have contributed to the growth of the industry.
Interestingly,
a committee to organise the debut edition of the award was recently inaugurated
by the national President of AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima.
The
award has as its chairman, Don Pedro Aganbi, while Julius Omije is Vice
Chairman. Other members of the committee are veteran actor, Tony Akposheri,
PRO, Clinic Matters actress Ejiro Okurame (mobilization), sensational actress
Cynthia Agholor and Amaka Eze will be in charge of marketing the event.
The
10-member committee has the responsibility of organising the award, which
according to Fiberesima is going to be the biggest in the industry.
Elated
Fiberesima, who was recently presented with a brand new bus, on behalf of the
guild by the Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Amnesty, Mr.
Kingsley Kuku, disclosed that entries/nominations for the award would be
conducted through a website that will be specially designed and dedicated to
it.
Fiberesima
stated that the various categories for the award will be announced in the media
very soon. She also urged the committee members to give their best to make the
Screen Actors Award a world class event
“This
award should be to the glory of Nigerian actors and thus should have the
clapping of excellence in terms of organisation, class and appeal. AGN
wants to use the Screen Actors Award to specifically bring to national notice
that the industry today is a high contributor to the Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) of Nigeria. Hence, there is need to celebrate the men and women who
through their talents have brought glory to the nation... It is going to be a
reward night for the successes recorded by these men and women” she disclosed.
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