Government Needs To Invest More In Filmmaking—Doyin Aggrey

<h4><strong>Government Needs To Invest More In Filmmaking<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> reports that resourceful Nollywood actress and producer&comma; Doyin Aggrey has called on the Nigeria government to invest more in filmmaking&comma; as the sector is obviously capable of turning the country&&num;8217&semi;s economy around&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Nigeria is one of the countries in the world currently going through economic recession&comma; and this has resulted in a series of heated debates and protests from members of the public&period; But Doyin Aggrey believes that if the government at all levels can intensify their support to the entertainment industry&comma; more fortune would smile on Nigeria&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>She noted that though the entertainment sector has always exhibited the capacity of being Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s biggest export&comma; recent feats recorded by Nollywood movies on international platforms like Netflix is enough evidence&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&&num;8220&semi;The international community has identified Nollywood as a viable source of revenue&comma; and they&&num;8217&semi;re investing in it massively now&period; With the investment of platforms like Netflix and Prime Video&comma; the standard of our filmmaking has tremendously improved&comma; and it is a win-win situation for all parties&period; If the government can also take advantage of this&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m sure Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s economy will bounce back because entertainment is our best export at the moment&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Aggrey stated&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>She however advised aspiring actors to embrace a career in acting&comma; only if they genuinely have the passion to do so&period; &&num;8220&semi;Like I always tell people&comma; acting is not a career you will choose simply because you see how rich and famous the practitioners are and you want to emulate their lifestyles&period; It doesn’t work like that&comma; and trust me&semi; it’s those who come into the industry with such motives that usually lament&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&&num;8220&semi;If you don’t have passion for acting&comma; surviving or enduring the challenges of the industry before becoming a celebrity would be impossible&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Aggrey warned&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Meanwhile&comma; the Ijebu-Ode&comma; Ogun State born filmmaker and producer of &&num;8216&semi;Italian Gold&&num;8217&semi; is currently warming up to hit location for the shoot of another movie from her stables&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;