High Budget Film Project to Engage Over 5,000 Niger Delta Youths in Bayelsa, Rivers & Delta
Speaking in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital on Tuesday, an
Audition Coordinator and Nollywood film producer, Efekoha Ikimi, has
disclosed that a new film project bankrolled by a group of individuals
and hoteliers, expected to engage more than 5,000 Niger Delta youths in
acting, has started auditioning in Delta and Bayelsa states.
According to a report by Vanguard, Efekoha said that the objective
was to take talented youths of the Niger Delta out of the creeks and
expose them to legitimate source of income and career in acting.
He revealed that the project, which will last for one year, will
see the production of 50 films, a soap opera and a featureless film,
adding that the soap opera and the featureless film would be shown in
cinemas across the country.
The Nollywood producer said, “the project is a partnership arrangement with some hoteliers, television stations and private individuals.
“We plan to produce 50 short films, a soap opera and a
featureless film; the featureless film and soap opera are going to be
shown in cinemas across the country.
“It is going to be a one-year project; we are interested in
grooming new talents and we will be engaging more than 5,000 casts from
Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states.
“We are trying to do this because we have come to understand
that the youths of the region will not be involved in criminality if
they have legitimate source of earning income.
“They will not be involved and influenced negatively to carry guns if they are exposed to career opportunities"
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