Actors Guild of Nigeria to begin to license actors – Rollas


 

The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has stressed the need for the movie industry to evolve from being a loose association into a structured union that can effectively represent actors’ interests.

TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports the AGN president whilst appearing on Arise TV highlighted the potential benefits of reforms within Nigeria’s movie industry. These reforms, if implemented, could ensure fair compensation and better protections for actors, bringing a new era of hope and optimism to the industry.

According to the AGN President, actor licensing is critical to creating a structured and regulated environment in Nollywood.

He said, “We want to upgrade, we want to unionize. It’s no longer about association. This is a union so that we can work as a labour union to confront these organizations who come to rip us off.

“From the structure we’re creating, tapping from the global practice, we’re going to begin to licence actors.”

Emeka Rollas indicated that the lack of such structures makes Nigerian actors vulnerable, especially when prominent figures fall ill and cannot receive the financial assistance they require.

He added, “You see big names when they fall sick, they don’t get any help because their financial remuneration from the work they do does not extend to royalties and residuals.

“In the normal parlance of benefit, you must have to be financially up to date to get benefits.”