President of the
Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ibinabo Fiberesima, would lead other star actors like
Joseph Benjamin, Mercy Aigbe, Tamara Eteimo, Alex Ekubo and Yomi Fash Lanso
among others to Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Children’s Day, May 27th
for a reading and mentoring session as part of activities lined up for the 2014
Best of Nollywood, BON, awards. The Rivers State government is the host of this
year’s award. Other celebrities lined up to be part of the Children’s Day event
are Sylva Oluchi, OC Ukeje, Dayo Amusa and BON Revelation of the Year 2013,
Laitan Ogungbile.
According to
Fiberesima, a Rivers State native, “I am a Port Harcourt babe and I love the
city like I love life itself. That’s why I am excited about returning home on
May 27th to be part of the Best of Nollywood Reading and Mentoring
session with secondary school students who are the next generation of change
makers.” Eteimo, regarded as one of Nollywood’s fastest rising actresses, said,
“I couldn’t have come this far in my acting career without the influence and
impact of Port Harcourt. It is for this that I’m really excited to be going
back to my roots to share with the secondary school students some of the
secrets that have propelled me this far. I’m sure the kids would learn a lot
from I and my colleagues.” A Theatre Arts graduate of the University of Port Harcourt,
Eteimo is the 2011 winner of the Next Movie Star and was a nominee in the last
edition of BON awards.
Equally excited
about the event is actor and host of the popular music reality show, MTN
Project Fame, Benjamin. He said, “I am a beneficiary of mentorship from people
that I admire and adulate in the industry and beyond. So, at any point in time that
I am called upon to mentor young ones or impart my success nuggets on those who
look up to me, I don’t shy away from it. For me, this is one such platform to
continue in the mentoring tradition.”
The executive
producer, BON awards, Seun Oloketuyi, said, “I am humbled by the eagerness of
these respected actors to give back to youths in Port Harcourt. The celebrity
reading session with secondary school students is the first of a variety of
activities preceding the BON awards proper in October. The chosen celebrities
are past winners and nominees of the BON awards with the exception of Ms
Fiberesima who is a passionate supporter of everything Nollywood and is, of
course, President of the AGN. We look forward to an exciting time with the kids
in Port Harcourt on Children’s Day.” Oloketuyi further disclosed that the wife
of the Rivers State Governor, Lady Judith Amaechi, is the special guest of the
day
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