Funke Akindele Has Contributed To The Growth Of Nollywood – President Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has come out to congratulate Nollywood actress/filmmaker, Funke Akindele on her record-setting film, A tribe called Judah.

He recently commended the ace moviestar for her contributions to the growth of the movie industry, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he can only praise the creative industry as one of the high-employment sectors in Nigeria, which is providing jobs for our able and talented youths.

He added that Nigerians should also be celebrated for their enduring support and patronage of home-grown creative efforts.

Her words, “The creative industry is one of the high-employment sectors, providing jobs for our able and talented youths. It is an industry that is crucial to my administration. I salute Nigerians for their enduring support and patronage of home-grown creative efforts. We will provide the conducive environment for the industry to thrive further.”

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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.