Our Rulers Have Refused To Carry Out Their Job Description – Kate Henshaw

Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has come out to blast a critic who told her to do more for Nigeria.

She recently had her say via her social media page, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, she is simply not interested in explaining herself or her contributions to the country, and citizens should focus on their rulers who fail to carry out their job description.

The critic wrote, “Kate, your attitude is really beautiful, but we all must do more to bring relief to a bedridden battered country bleeding from so many wounds, knowing the leaders all failed woefully. The giant of Africa, is very rich with so many resources but the citizens are the poorest, striving to survive amidst serious hardship. We need to collectively fight corruption, insecurity, injustice, underdevelopment and many more, to enable healing.”

She responded, “Your compliment about my attire & the rest of your comment leaves me wondering if you think I am the problem you have described. I have no desire to prove to you what my contributions are. You have “rulers” whose job description they are yet to carry out. Thanks.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.