Admin l Tuesday, June 29, 2021
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Board of Trustees of TAMPAN and Elders of the Nigerian Motion Picture Industry have suspended Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing from playing any role in the motion pictures industry.
Announcing the suspension, Prince Jide Kosoko said Nkechi Blesing is suspended because she is not a member of the industry and that the association will collectively work against her because injury against one is injury against all.
“There is no doubting the fact that we have always been partners in progress over the years in our journey, not just for personal career development but in our consistent efforts at taking the industry to higher heights.
“As you may be aware, certain unpleasant things have happened lately that has dragged the name of our association, TAMPAN in particular and the industry in general in the mud, which in totality are against what we stand for as individuals and as a group of professionals.
“The attention of the Board of Trustees of TAMPAN and Elders of the Motion Picture Industry, especially of the Yoruba sector, have been drawn to the malicious damages being done to our sector by some unruly individuals that lack any iota of discipline and seeming to feel to be above the law.
We particularly observe the continuous derogatory statements made by Iyabo Ojo against the Association and the industry as a whole.
“Please note that we are not against her stand on the issue of alleged rape or sexual assault as the case maybe, which the Association and individuals have equally condemned at one time or the other, as we believe only a person without conscience will support rape or sexual assault in any form. However, Iyabo Ojo’s reckless accusations, abuses and embarrassment of our sector is also totally condemned.
“As pioneers of this noble industry, if we fold our arms and allow the continuous blackmail that send negative signals across the world to go unchecked, the current situation that had impugned on our integrity will continue to grow to the detriment of humble practitioners, whose only source of livelihood is the practice of indigenous language movies (promoting Language to preserve culture”, he said.
