Veteran Nollywood actor, Alex Osifo, has revealed that the Igbos have
invested more in filmmaking than their Yoruba counterpart.
The
actor said despite Yoruba movie industry being in existence before the
Nigerian English films produced by the Igbos, the Yoruba movie industry
has not been able to matched their English counterpart.
When
asked in a recent interview with E247 Magazine on the reason for tribal
segregation in the Nigerian movie industry, the actor said, “Well,
that’s not such a difficult question to answer. It could be because we
have a lot of ethnic groups, and of the three major tribes in the
country: Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa, the Igbos are more enthusiastic towards
sponsoring movies."
According to him, “The Yoruba industry has
been around and it’s growing, but it has not been able to match the pace
of the so-called English movies. I don’t know much about the Hausa
productions to speak about them. When you talk about factions, I think
it’s just the mentality of our people.
“They are not satisfied
with the way some associations are organized, and greed could also be
part of it. A lot of people are just self-centered, but I think there is
need for all of us to actually co-operate. Our focus should be the same
if we must move this industry forward. As for me, I don’t belong to any
faction.”
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