Deyemi Okanlawon
Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawon says the major challenge for actors in their movie industry is remuneration.
According to him, actors in the Nigerian movie industry are criminally underpaid.
Okanlawon stated this during an MTV Base Africa program.
“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 maximize it to protect ourselves in the future,” the Dailypost quoted him.
Nollywood is currently the most thriving movie industry on the African continent and one may think that actors are doing very well and are being paid very well but Deyemi says no, that is not the case.
Another actor, Etim-Effiong collaborated with Deyemi’s claim saying, “I also think that the way the 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,” he added.