"I would rate Ibinabo zero because I cannot see what it is she has achieved"- Clarion Chukwurah

Clarion Chukwurah needs no introduction when it comes to Nollywood. In her recent interview on Netng, she talked about her acting career, and also criticized the AGN President Ibinabo Fiberisima's administration over neglect on actors payment fees, health and other vital concerns.  The actress went on to state her intention to run for the President of the AGN and what she would do if voted into office. Read below

You are an actor grounded in the industry and with a wealth of experience, does this reflect in your pay?
  In Nollywood, how good and experienced you are as an actress doesn’t determine your fees, it does in Hollywood though, but here things are done in the reverse and fees are determined by a set of traders in the market where movies are sold. Thus, rather than progress, what we have is a case of stagnation which is responsible for the backwardness we face as actors and as an industry....

Apart from fees, what other problems would you say actors in Nigeria are faced with? Countless of them, which shall soon come to an end....  

Does that imply you are eyeing a position in the executive body of the guild?
 Yes, I have seen that the fact that people like me are not doing anything to steer this group in the right direction is solely responsible for mediocres and selfish driven people being at the helm of affairs. I do know that Ibinabo Fiberisima’s tenure will run out in September. I intend to run for the presidency of AGN because it is time that veterans and hardcore professionals learned in every aspect of the business should put the experiences and information to use to move the AGN forward....

 On a scale of 1-10, what would you rate Ibinabo Fiberisima’s administration?
 I would rate her zero because I cannot see what it is she has achieved. I want to know specifically what she has done that has moved the actors forward in areas like their pay, health and other vital concerns about their jobs. Nothing tangible has been achieved on the issue of welfare or working conditions. It is commendable that she secured an appointment to see the President on behalf of the guild but that opportunity was sacrificed on the altar of self interest and myopic objectives which have for a while now heightened the self interest and corruption practiced in the state chapter levels. The number of burial ceremonies organised during her tenure made me wonder what would have been the case if she had put in place a good health scheme with an insurance company which would have been subsidised for the actors....