9ice, Desmond Elliot, Kate Henshaw,
Kenneth Okonkwo are a few of Nigerian entertainers who have gone into politics
and actress Clarion Chukwurah thinks its because of money. Speaking exclusively
to Punch, Clarion said a lot
of these entertainers want to go into politics because they are not making that
much money from their vocations.
"The motive of those who are embracing
partisan politics is purely monetary. Let us call a spade a spade. If you tell
me that you want to go into politics to serve the people, I would want to look
at your record first. I want to see what you have done to better the lives of
the people in your immediate community. How many boreholes have you sunk in the
community? How many hours of community service have you given for free over the
last four or five years? How well are you known as somebody who yearns for
improvement in social development?”
Clarion also criticized the
leadership of the AGN. Ibinabo Fiberesima was re-elected AGN president
yesterday
“I said earlier that I wanted to
take charge of the AGN because I saw that those who were running the body
lacked the experience necessary to turn it around and to change the face of the
film industry. It was clear that those in charge had not real agenda for the
guild and they didn’t know what to do to turn it around.
“Also, I observed that some people already felt
that being in charge was the same thing as being in a position to hobnob with
top politicians in the corridors of power and to get money from various
interest groups in the country. And there was so much desperation on the part
of the leadership of the guild to hold on to power because they see their
position as a platform to make money
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