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Nollywood Stars, Aki And Pawpaw Face Ban
April 23, 2008 13:48, 152 views
Tint-sized Nollywood actors, Chinedu Ikhedieze(Aki) and Osita Iheme (Pawpaw) may be banned by Marketers and Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) any moment from now. The Board of Trustees of AGN will not only ban the duo from taking adult roles in movies but also be discouraged from roles that do not portray good morale to their viewers, especially the teenagers.
NollywoodReel gathered that this decision was made by the AGN Board of Trustees, following complaints by parents in the country.
According to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ifeanyi Dike, letters will be sent to the Guild of Marketers and the Ejike Asiegbu-led AGN for further action.
“We have been receiving letters on this issue from some concerned parents for sometime now, but we didn’t take the matter seriously at first. But now, we are taking action because the letters keep coming,” Dike said.
The Eze Ndigbo Nollywood said the parents are concerned about the immoral roles played by Aki and Pawpaw in movies, claiming that it has negative influence on their children.
“So, right now, Aki and Pawpaw will not take such roles that require them to be smoking, romancing women or peeping at mothers or women in bathrooms. This is because they are role models and ambassadors to innocent teenagers out there who think they are age mates,” he said.
Dike also noted that “although most of these films are meant to be watched by viewers above 18 years, we all know that it has not been enforced in Nigeria. Children/teenagers watch any film so the only thing we can do is to screen the movies that we do,” says Dike.
“Aki and Pawpaw are role models to kids because they help some companies to advertise products like biscuit, sweets among others. So we want them to do more responsible roles,” he said.
Chinedu and Osita came to limelight some years back with the movie Aki and Pawpaw and have long become regular faces in Nollywood presentations.
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Ayobami Olaleye,USA
25 April 2008 03:34Why the ban when the parents should be cautious of the film they buy home or rather make sure their kids are not there when they want to watch such movies and keep it after watching it.And moreso, the films been tagged for adults.
Nigerians always enjoy blaming their lack-lustre and care-free attitude over their offsprings,immorality on the part of the parents,etc on the society and celebrities…Na wah for naija !
anofi ismail (ait)
28 April 2008 21:47this is a good ressolution, it will go a long way in sanitizing the film industry. it is imoral seeing the so called ROLE MODELS in scenes that are detrimental to the society at large, it will not only stop them but also sound a note of warning to other actress that are prone to dressing provocativelly in movies.
OBI TECO
7 May 2008 06:23I QUITE AGREE WITH AYOBAMI OLALEYE. PARENTS SHOULD KNOW THAT IT IS THERE RESPONSIBILTY TO ENSURE THAT THERE CHILDREN DO NOT WATCH ADULT MOVIES. I THINK BANNING THESE GUYS WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF KIDS WATCHING ADULT MOVIES.AND FOR THE AGN TO DICTATE WHICH ROLES THEY SHOULD PLAY IN MOVIES, IS TOTALLY WRONG.INFACT IT IS AN INFRINGEMENT ON THERE RIGHTS.
Abbey Lagos
7 May 2008 06:45I dont think these are the only actors that should be banned,those whose dressing are teaching not morally inclined too should be banned or should we say that such dresses not be allowed in the movies.
Mfon
19 May 2008 09:55Parents should be mindful of the movies that ain’t appropriate for their kids, keep those
that are meant for adults away from them, of course there’s usually a clear identification.
For Christ’s sake Aki and Pawpaw should not be blamed for
some parent’s irresponsibilities.
lady usa
6 June 2008 23:57it does’t make any sense to me that they are facing ban because they are actors they don’t writte a script they just act that mean they just do what they script says i’m not fan of them and i don’t like either my kids to watch their movie but that was not their fault .