“Give Tinubu’s Government More Time” – Jide Kosoko Urges Nigerians

Veteran Nollywood actor Jide Kosoko has defended President Tinubu’s administration. He recently had his say during an interview, and fans have been reacting.

Arguing that Nigerians should give the current government more time, the moviestar warned young citizens that opposition figures are using them to push an anti-government agenda.

Comparing governance to an unfinished building project, Jide urged Nigerians to hold off on judging the administration until its policies have had time to fully take shape.

His words, “Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not God. That means he cannot be perfect.

If you are building a house, you cannot assess such a building and give it a pass mark until the building is completed.

They know you, Gen Z. You are easy to manipulate and control. Once they control you, you will all go on overdrive.

The so-called activists, we know how they take money from government but come out to influence citizens. But when we talk, they accuse us of taking money to support the government.

As if we don’t have a mind of our own, as if we don’t have family members suffering or as if we are enjoying well.”

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.