Ibukun Awosika, FirstBank’s chairman stars in anti-sexual harassment movie

&NewLine;<p>Ibukun Awosika&comma; Chairman&comma; First Bank of Nigeria Limited has made her debut in a movie produced by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">award-winning<&sol;a>&comma; and proudly Nigerian movie producer&comma; Kunle Afolayan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The movie&comma; Citation&comma; is created to correct one of the greatest ills – rape and sexual molestation&period; The ills affect the educational system and indeed societies around the world&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Mrs&period; Awosika plays the role of the dean of a university faculty&comma; overseeing the senate hearing panel of a female <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;punchng&period;com">postgraduate student<&sol;a> &lpar;Moremi&rpar;&comma; played by Temi Otedola&comma; who has been a victim of sexual harassment&period; The movie was shot to lend a voice to support of victims of sexual harassment and rape&comma; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p> Ibukun Awosika&&num;8217&semi;s leading impact on women&&num;8217&semi;s advocacy and leadership got her chosen&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Unveiling Ibukun Awosika&comma; the surprise cast of the movie&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Kunle Afolayan<&sol;a> posted on his official Instagram handle&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It all began in 2018 with the pre-production of Citation&comma; then the production in January 2020&comma; and now the 30th of August&comma; we officially had the first private screening of Citation at Obafemi Awolowo University &lpar;OAU&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Why OAU&quest; Well&comma; not only was Citation shot at the University&comma; but our surprise cast is an alumna of the school&period;”&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>IBUKUN AWOSIKA COMMENTS<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Expressing her delight on the movie&comma; Mrs&period; Ibukun Awosika&comma; Chairman&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;"> FirstBank<&sol;a> said&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the physical and psychological effects of sexual harassment have a considerable toll on individuals and institutions in terms of cost&period; The effects of can hamper growth and the potentials and can stop the victims from engaging fully in life&period; We must&comma; therefore&comma; &lpar;as stakeholders&comma; governments&comma; institutions of learning&semi; parents&semi; media etc&period;&rpar;&comma; collectively rise against this menace and never let the deplorable behaviour of sexual harassment to fester&period;” <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I remain upbeat about this project &&num;8211&semi; being part of a collective goal to continually keep dreams and hope alive&semi; sacrificing and holding strong to our commitment to reignite the lost values&period; The casting experience has been very enriching and impactful to me&period; To be amongst the amazing casts in such an intriguing and brilliantly scripted movie delights me&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p> Tunde Babalola wrote the movie which Obafemi Awolowo University played host to&period; Other stars in the movie include&semi; Joke Silver&comma; Jimmy Jean Louis&comma; Sadiq Daba&comma; Gabriel Afolayan and <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thisdaylive&period;com">Temi Otedola<&sol;a>&comma; amongst others&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;