DINO MELAYE SURFACES IN NOLLYWOOD, STARS IN UPCOMING MOVIE
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| Senator Dino Melaye. |
Senator
Dino Melaye, the former Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial Zone has
again hit the headlines. His loss at the rerun elections in which he lost to
Senator Smart Adeyemi, now representing Kogi West Senatorial Zone at the Nigerian
Senate, may have given him a new lease of life as he has taken up a role in the Nigerian movies industry, Nollywood.
The
outspoken senator recently decided to bring his political experience to bear
and contribute his quota in the socio-economic reengineering of the country
when he featured in a new home movie entitled Lemonade.
Vanguard
reports that Sen. Melaye Dino, spoke at the premier of the movie in Abuja where
he said he believed that everyone has a role to play and should be brought to
bear, noting that the home video offered him unfettered access to share his
political experience with the hope of entrenching good governance and
accountability in our political system.
He
noted that he had so much confidence in the entertainment industry, being a
very strong sector of our national life that could be valued more than oil and
gas sector, hence the need to be given more attention by government.
“I
brought my political experience to bear and to say that in changing the society
everyone should be involved in it. The message is that we must have a nation
and a society where leaders must be responsible, where followers must ask
questions, where every Nigerian must decide to either work in the light of our
creative altruism or we perish in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”
Dino
urged that government must focus her energy in building the
entertainment industry, encourage the entertainment industry, create enabling
environment and laws that will promote entertainment.
“In
American the quantum of the GDP that the entertainment takes is more than the
budget of the federal republic of Nigeria. So the federal government must
actually re-strategize and refocus her energy on the entertainment industry, it
is a big catch for us,” he added.
When
asked to identify his real calling between acting and politics based on the
role he played, the former law maker, said, he was born both.
“It
wasn’t a true life story but I can say it also juxtaposed my position about a
just and egalitarian society, having a society where equity, justice and egalitarianism
become the order of the day.
“I have always acted, I was the best national actor during my NYSC days and I just feel anyway t send a message to Nigerians, anyway to ameliorate our problems, anyway to get Nigeria out of the cocoon will be a very strong way to correct the ills in the society and I believe that entertainment industry is one of the strongest weapons that we can use to ameliorate our problems in this country.”
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| Senator Dino Melaye (l),and Joy Idoko, script writer and movie producer. |
On
whether he would continue to take up acting role in future, he said, he will
only act in movies that have a reflection of correcting societal ills or
encouraging leaders to do the right things.
“Any
movie you see me in must speak or talk a story about rebuilding a new society,
about energizing Nigerians to come out of their cocoon, to speak the truth to
power. So in any way through music, through movies to help build a better
society I will be willing to participate and I am doing this probono.”
For
him, ‘everyone is a political animal, politics is not a profession, it is not a
means to livelihood, it is a means of changing your society, it is a means of
correcting the ills of the society, it is a medium of contributing your quota
to national development.’
The
Script Writer and movie producer, Joy Idoko said she was motivated into
producing the movie because it has always been a lifelong dream to go into film
making, not just a film maker but wanted to use her contents or films to speak
the truth to people.
The
movie, which was premiered on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at the Transcorp
Hilton Hotel in Abuja, was produced by 100% Joy Media Productions and shot in
the nation’s capital.
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