MC Oluomo Kept Me Alive When I Was Sick – Ronke Oshodi

Nollywood actress Ronke Oshodi has said that MC Oluomo saved her life when she was sick. She recently had her say during an interview with African A-List, and fans have been reacting.

Recalling her difficult time when she was seriously ill, Ronke appreciated the NURTW boss for covering the cost of her medication, which was a huge burden at the time.

The veteran actress added that even though she was not in good terms with her fellow actress, Sotayo still reached out with N150,000 to help with her hospital bills.

Her words, “Thank God that He is God, and thanks to MC Oluomo and my colleagues who kept me alive today, do you know what it means for someone to buy drugs worth 800,000 naira every month?

It was when I was terribly sick that I joined Cele. As for me, I don’t condemn other religions.

If we meet at a party, Sotayo and I bypass each other without greeting.

I don’t just mention names lightly but I will mention hers. Sotayo and I hadn’t spoken in a long time, not that we were at war, but we had a little disagreement.

The last time Sotayo and I spoke was 5 or 6 years ago. But when she heard that I fell sick, she sent me N150,000 naira!”

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.