I’m Yet To See Any Politician That Can Remove Tinubu – Desmond Elliot

Former Nollywood actor and popular lawmaker Desmond Elliot has said that there is no clear successor to President Bola Tinubu at the moment. He recently had his say while speaking during an interview, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Reflecting on the current state of politics in Nigeria, Desmond noted that he does not currently see anyone positioned to take over from President Tinubu when his tenure is over.

Stressing the need for long-term planning in Nigeria’s political system, the moviestar suggested that the country should adopt a more structured development model that can adequately guide successive governments.

His words, “I’m thinking, okay, who is the next saviour that can remove Asiwaju from what he’s doing presently? I cannot see yet.

We have to define our own style of democracy. Let’s have a 30 year plan, for instance.

We will all die one day. We are not here forever. You are in that particular place for a reason, not because you are better than the next person. Trust me, there are way better people than you.

I’ll say power. If you look at Surulere 10 years ago, it was a horrible place to live in. Today, electricity is one of the best you can find anywhere else.”

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.