Nollywood stars met with President Jonathan
yesterday Saturday March 2nd at the State House in Marina, Lagos. The president
hosted a presidential dinner to celebrate Nollywood at 20. First Lady Patience
Jonathan, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra State governors and lots of important people
were at the dinner.
Guests arrived at TBS from where they were conveyed
to the State house in a coastal bus. Cocktail started at 5-6:30pm. Main dinner
started at 8pm. All the important people in Nollywood were at the event -
Genevieve Nnaji, Chidi Mokeme, Aki and Paw Paw, Olu and Joke Jacobs, Segun
Arinze, Stephanie Linus, Patience Ozokwor, Zack Orji, Madam Kofo, Desmond
Elliot, Chiwetalu Agu, Cynthia Amadi, Amaka Igwe, Dickson Iroegbu, Zeb and
Chico Ejiro, Kunle Afolayan, Tunde Kelani, Andy Chukwu and several others.
See few pictures from the event after the cut...
President Jonathan unveiled a pictorial book titled
'Icons of Nollywood' - and he promised to pump N3 billion into Nollywood in
order to empower the industry. Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom promised
to finance a N50million 'Goodluck Jonathan Prize Award’ which will be shared by
the best Nollywood actor, actress, film maker and other award categories.
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