Total Television Studios, in partnership with Orange Seed International, are set to host the second edition of the Face of Nollywood (FON) awards designed with the aim of discovering the most popular Nollywood personalities in the industry.
According to the organisers, the event coming up on June 30, 2018 at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, the reward system stands out, because movie lovers will determine the winners of the awards.
R gathered that 162 popular acts, comprising veterans and newbie have been lined-up as contestants for the award among them are Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD), Patience Ozorkwo, Daniel K Daniel, Kate Henshaw, Genevieve Nnaji, Adeola Odunlade, Pete Edochie, Jenifer Akindele and Halima Abubakar.
The CEO of Total Television Studios, Ifeanyi Ikpoenyi, said that the idea behind choosing a face, rather than several faces in several categories as is the case with other awards was what set Face of Nollywood awards miles ahead of its closest competitors.
“The idea is to discover someone who has a recognisable huge fan base, uncommon acting talent and a star personality that millions of Nigerians home and abroad as well as Africans can clearly identify with, display open admiration for and look up to for inspiration and hope. Such a personality does exist and may shock us all who he or she turns out to be,” he said.
The project coordinator, Andy Chukwu, said that he had no iota of doubts that Nollywood has remained impressionable, despite its achievement not being recognised.
“The Nigerian film industry has given jobs and put food on the table of many Nigerians, aside making people happy. Sadly the industry players have remained unsung heroes. This is the major reason we have decided to make something different this year. Not only will major industry players be recognized, we have also decided to look beyond the industry to recognize all those who have in different ways contributed to the growth of the industry in Nigeria,” he stated.
The overall winner will win N1 million, a plaque and a certificate of the award, while the first and second runners up will be presented with N300, 000 and N250, 000 respectively.
Organisers also revealed that the voting process will be handled online by Vas2nets while Ntel, TeGroup, Achievas, as well as Unda Group were listed among the sponsors.
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