Victor Osuagwu sworn-in as Lagos Actors Guild Chairman

As the famous actor and comic star, Victor Osuagwu took an oath of office on Monday, June 17, as the new Chairman of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Lagos State Chapter, expectations were high from stakeholders in the industry alongside up and coming acts who believe in his ability to reposition the troubled guild. 

Osuagwu was declared winner by the Actors Guild National Electoral Committee (AGNEC), sitting in Lagos, after polling a total of 80 votes ahead of Don Pedro’s 69, in a keenly contested election.

After several days of campaign, Osuagwu went to battle on Saturday, June 15, at Surulere Local Government Secretariat, where actors were screened and revalidated members of the guild converged to seek a successor to the then outgoing chairman, Emeka Rising.   

With a hall filled to its brim with members of the guild, including Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki) and other celebrated thespians, the electioneering process immediately commenced on a good note.  

Speaking with Entertainment Express, shortly after the inauguration, which was witnessed by notable members of the guild, including Ibinabo Fiberesima, Ejike Asiegbu, Emeka Enyiocha, National Secretary of the guild, Abubakar Yakubu, among others, elated Osuagwu expressed joy and further affirmed his readiness to rebrand and reposition the guild.

“It was a very free and fair election. As you can see, I’ve already held my first meeting with other members of my executive. My first target is to unite all aggrieved members and also make sure that members who have not been attending meetings start to attend our meetings. To me, it is a new dawn for the guild. I’ve also sent out people to negotiate for an office, so that we can have our own secretariat,” the Theatre Art graduate of the University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, said.

Also elected were Bukky Ogunnote-Ogunade as Vice Chairman, Valentine Agwulonu as Secretary, Georgewill Ruskin Nathaniel as Director, Guild Services (DGS), Ihezie Chidi Okafor, as Financial Secretary, among others. 

In their separate speeches, former national president of the guild, Asiegbu, and Fiberesima expressed joy over the emergence of Osuagwu. According to them, he (Osuagwu) is trusted, tested, and capable of rescuing the guild from its troubled water.