have awarded another N150m to Nollywood, and it was not
the first time for the industry to receive such.
On March 3, 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan organised a
dinner at Marina in Lagos to celebrate Nollywood at 20. On
that occasion, he announced a N3billion grants geared towards
supporting the nation's foremost movie industry, Nollywood.
But ever since the announcement, a sharp division has risen
among the members of the umbrella body of actors and
actresses, Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), with key players
having different stance on how the money should be
disbursed.
What happens to the fund? It's obvious it has been
squandered. While practitioners suffer from lack of funds and
humiliation in the quest to produce films, some people are
busy working to ensure that the money lands in their bank
account.
Currently, Nollywood stars operating in the country's film
industry under the recently launched Capacity Training Fund
of the Presidential Intervention scheme called "Project ACT
Nollywood, "with an objective to help the industry make
further progress on a more solid foundation."
The Federal Government said on November 20, 2013,
Wednesday, it awarded various grants adding that this was in
line with President Jonathan's vision for the industry.
The training portion of the Capacity Building Fund valued at
about N150 million is dedicated to training and skill
acquisition for Nigerian movie practitioners in all
competences along the value chain of Nigeria's movie
industry.
Paul Nwabuikwu, the Special Adviser to the Minister of
Finance and Coordinating Minister for the economy has
acclaimed that the beneficiaries of the grant emerged after the
applications submitted by the practitioners were processed and
found to have met the qualification for the training and skills
acquisition programme
The training programme covers script writing, directing, film
production and production design, special effects, lighting,
sound effect, HD techniques, acting, cinematography, make-
up, editing, etc.
The grants, which are currently being processed, would enable
the practitioners receive high quality training in accredited
institutions to improve their competences in various areas of
film craft.
She said another N150 million has been set aside as grants to
existing Nigerian-owned private institutes that offer training
courses, programmes and technical certification in the movie
industry.
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of
Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, expressed satisfaction with
the development and appealed to individuals or more
applications from qualified practitioners.
Hopefully, it works fine.
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