Saidi Balogun, nollywood actor, has blamed the members of the House of
Representatives in charge of passing
anti-piracy laws for the death of
many actors in Nigeria. Balogun said. the effects of the activities of pirates could be
erased or minimized if funds were made available to actors before their death. People die but because we are in the public eyes, death of actors
and actress resonates more. Two million people can die while nobody would take note nor write about
them unlike when actors or actress dies.
“People die every day. It is not that we are not checking ourselves,
it happens but I am begging all actors to work on their health. Balogun told Punch I was
supposed to celebrate my birthday from May 24 to 26 but I postponed it
in honour of our fallen colleagues.
“The reason why most actors solicit for funds when they are ill is
because of lack of health insurance and we should talk to insurance
companies about that. If we are making our money now, we should look at
health insurance policy for future sake.If I am making N500,000 and the school fees of my daughter is
N600,000, where would I see money for insurance? It is the people that
are not passing hard laws on piracy that are killing us.I have an insurance policy as the President of The Golden Movies
Ambassadors of Nigeria. I have been on an insurance policy for over four
years. Balogun also advised the younger actors to insure their lives and property.
“I am begging the up and coming artistes to look towards insuring
themselves. I implore my colleagues to get good managers and lawyers to
help them manage their image.
Balogun said he travelled to Germany some months back to shoot a movie and when
they checked for my name on Google, the only thing that came out were
bad reports and the German asked me if that was the way the journalists
in my country celebrate the best actors in Africa. I stood up for
journalists.They felt that because we are black, that is why such happened but I
made them know that we are ‘BPI’, Black, Proud and Intelligent. It
affected me a lot but I still thank God I am still here today and I am
friends with journalists till date.
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