I Support Tinubu’s Re-Election Because Of His Love For Igbos – Zack Orji

Nollywood actor Zack Orji has opened up on the reason behind his support for President Bola Tinubu. He recently shared how the president showed love to the Igbos right from his tenure as Lagos State Governor, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Praising Tinubu‘s competence and the consistent inclusion of Igbo commissioners in his cabinet while he was governor, Zach dismissed the claims that Igbos only support politicians from their region.

The moviestar added that the president’s love for Igbos is the reason he and other people from the South East support his re-election bid.

His words, “Among the presidential candidates, Tinubu is the most qualified. He has also shown love to the Igbos, which is why I and several Igbo people support him.

From his days as governor of lagos state, he has always included an igbo person in his cabinet.”

WOW.

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.