Nollywood Actors Are Paid In ‘Tokens’ – Deyemi Okanlawon

Popular Nigerian filmmaker and voice actor, Deyemi Okanlawon, has said that Nollywood actors are paid meagre amounts for roles.

Okanlawon said this while reeling out the major challenges of actors in the country while speaking on MTV Base Africa programme, Lights, Camera Stardom, alongside his colleague Daniel Etim-Effiong, Naija News reports.

According to him, thespians in the Nigerian movie industry are criminally underpaid.

“I think [Nollywood] actors are not being paid enough. And the other hand, we are not financially literal enough to use what we do have and maximise it to protect ourselves in the future,” Okanlawon said.

Speaking in the affirmative, Etim-Effiong added: “I also think that the way the [Nigerian movie] industry works, it doesn’t provide enough for the actors to work with both financially and otherwise.

“For example, I don’t think actors are given enough time to prepare [for their roles]. I don’t think actors are given enough time even to work on themselves.”

Simi Speaks On Being Heartbroken

Meanwhile, Nigerian musician, Simisola Kosoko, professionally known as Simi, has sparked mixed reactions after speaking of being heartbroken.

Naija News reports that Simi took to her verified Twitter page late Wednesday night to say that Nigeria broke her heart again.

She said the situation in Nigeria breaks her “heart a little more every day.”

The 35-year-old singer wondered how Nigerians are coping with the current economic turmoil.

“Nigeria just breaks my heart a little more every day. How are people surviving? Simi asked on the microblogging platform, Twitter.

The post by the Duduke crooner has since generated a barrage of reactions on social media as Nigerians aired their experiences.