‘Who Owns Nollywood Comment’ Woli Arole Blasts Colleague, Aisha Lawal Over Claims Yorubas Own Industry

Woli Arole, a Nigerian comic actor, has slammed his colleague, Aisha Lawal, over comments on who owns Nollywood.

It could be noted that the filmmaker had, in a recent interview with Newsmen, said the Yorubas owned Nollywood because they started it, freshreporters reported on Sunday.

She said:

“We own the industry. Go back to research. The industry belongs to the Yoruba people. If you go back to research, you will hear from people like Hubert Ogunde and Ade Love. I don’t want to go into details. “

“But, if you go and research very well, you will discover that Yorubas own this industry, we started this industry. We messed up at some point, but we are not playing catch-up. We are there already. Now, everybody wants to shoot a Yoruba movie.”

However, Responding to the claim, Woli Arole lashed out that Nollywood is beyond being owned by a tribe, stressing the growth in the film industry is a collective effort.

The skitmaker noted that the efforts of veteran actors like Sam Loco Efe, Nkem Owoh and Nothern movie stars will not be overlooked.

Arole added that Nollywood is a collective building, and the Igbos did a fantastic job in building the industry.

Commenting on a blog post, he wrote,

“Yoruba were part of the major origin of filmmaking in Nigeria. Google Hubert Ogunde.

“Nollywood is beyond being owned by a tribe the growth became a collective effort, we can’t take away the Sam loco Efe, Osufia, even northern actors and actresses from it.

“The Igbos too did an awesome job in that industry. It’s a collective building.” [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>