Ooni pledges support for Yoruba Nollywood directors

Over the week, the leadership of the TAMPAN Guild of Directors (TGD) paid a courtesy visit to his Imperial Majesty, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, at his palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State, where he assured them of his support to the development of the guild, as well as the Yoruba movie industry as a whole.

The delegation of movie directors and the AGM planning committee under the auspices of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) was led by actor and director, Emperor Damola Olatunji, who is also the chairman of the guild.

The purpose of the meeting with the Ooni was to get his blessings and also inform him of the plan of the guild to have an outstanding Annual General Meeting, one of its kinds, which will not just be business as usual but a model for other groups in the Nigeria movie industry to emulate.

According to the chairman, the AGM will be of international standard as there are plans to have seminars, symposiums and several workshops which will be of great benefits to a lot of directors in the Yoruba sector of the Nigerian movie industry.

The Ooni saw their plans as a good development and according to him, was well overdue. He said the Yoruba sector of Nollywood should be at the forefront of movie production in the world and also called on all the associations in the sector of Nollywood – TAMPAN and ANTP to come together as one or have an umbrella body that coordinates the activities of both associations, as “this will do the sector a great good.”

Oba Ogunwusi, however, assured the directors of his support and urged them to put all hands on deck, go back to the drawing board and bring out an outstanding plan for the event.

Also among the visitation team to the Ooni’s palace were FolukeDaramola Salako, Biodun Lawal, Titi Jeje, Wale Ilebiyi(Secertary of the guild), Sola Duro-Ladipo, Tunde Ola-Yusuf, Ayobami Durojaye, Anthony Ogundimu Ara and Taofeek Abisogun.

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