Nigerians Seem Scared Of Asking Buhari Questions – Imoh Umoren

Nollywood filmmaker, Imoh Umoren has come out to react to Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi dominating most political conversations on social media. He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, he wants to know if Nigerians have given up on the present President, Buhari, because he has not seen questions asked of the current administration the way it is been asked of Peter Obi.

Imoh added that he wants to know if Nigerians are simply afraid of asking the current administration same questions.

His words, “There’s no vacuum in governance. Have people given up on our present President? I’ve not seen questions asked of this government the way it’s been asked of Peter Obi. Are we afraid?”

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.