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After weeks of painstaking planning, all is now set for the third
edition of the annual Nollywood Health Convention and Awards holding inside the
main bowl of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, today Sunday, December 7,
2014.
The laudable initiative SHOWBIZPLUSng learnt is being powered by the
Saving Life for Africa Diabetes Foundation (SLAD) in collaboration with the
Victor Osuagwu-led Lagos State chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected as the special guest of honour
at this year’s event, which begins with a blue carpet at 2.p.m.
With the theme: Live Healthy, Perform Better, this year’s gathering is
already serenading practitioners, stakeholders and friends of the nation’s
booming entertainment industry.
Among the top music stars expected to thrill and tantalise guests at the
convention include: Tuface Idibia, Timaya, Iyanya, Mr. Raw, Flavour, Phyno,
Olamide, Tiwa Savage, Kcee and several others.
Interestingly, there will also be an All-Star drama on health at the
anticipated gathering of who-is-who in Nollywood.
The duo of Doctors Segun Ogundimu and Uche Ejiofor are expected to
deliver papers at the event as guest speakers.
In a brief chat with us, leading Nollywood filmmaker and founder of
SLAD, Obi Madubogwu, whose organization is co-promoting and packaging the event
with Lagos AGN, called on entertainers to take the issues of their health very
seriously.
Shedding more light, Madubogwu, who survived a very severe diabetic
challenge disclosed that the aim of the convention is basically to promote the
health and well being of Nigerians, especially those living in rural and urban
areas.
“As entertainers and mirrors of the society, we want to drastically help
reduce the mortality rate of all and sundry, especially the less privileged in
our community. We are encouraging and calling on Nigerians, mostly our members
to come out on December 7 to check and know their health status. We have
gathered a team of medical experts to assist us in doing this. This convention
on health is for all and sundry.”
Also speaking on why AGN is partnering SLAD for the convention, elated
Mr. Osuagwu stated that as entertainers they placed high premium on the issue
of health, especially among its teeming members.
“We are all aware of the age long maxim that health is wealth. We are
solidly behind this initiative because we know the importance of health and how
germane it is to our profession. You can only jump from one location to another
to act or direct films when you are healthy. We are also glad that experts are
coming to talk to us about our health and how to maintain healthy life styles
as mirrors of the society. We at Lagos AGN have fully endorsed and supported
this project because it is very dear to our hearts. Mind you, many of our
colleagues have died from numerous health challenges that were not detected
early enough or due to ignorance, hence we have decided to be proactive. ”
Meanwhile, the high-point of the grand gathering will be the investiture
of President Goodluck Jonathan as the grand patron of AGN/SLAD alongside the
presentation of awards and medals to all the patrons, patronesses and health
ambassadors of the initiative.
The Federal Ministry of Health is the chief host of the convention,
while the Lagos State Ministry of Health is the proud host.
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