Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde says entertainers should not neglect the importance of education. In her speech delivered at this year’s.
Nigerian Entertainment Conference held at the Grand Ballroom of Eko
Hotels and Suites, the Nollywood star employed her fellow entertainers
not to be satisfied with the level of exposure they currently have.
‘Education is not compulsory but will take you farther.
Your talent is not enough’, she explained. Ekeinde who kicked off the
Social Responsibility Session with her speech ‘Why We Should Care’ also
made a call to Nigerian entertainers to take up the roles of leaders in
the society because ‘entertainers are the real leaders’.
‘Entertainers
are the true leaders. We have been the sleeping giant for too long.
Let’s wake up and leads. Let’s use our influence right’, she explained.
But she warned people who have accused her of politicking with ‘people
in high places’ not to mention her name in such discussions. ‘Somebody
on a blog a few days ago wrote said Nollywood personalities are friends
with politicians and spending the money together.
I Omotola have never campaigned or partied with any Government, so don’t
mention my name among those who do that. I have suffered enough for
refusing to party with them and take Ghana Must go backs, so don’t let
me suffer more’, Omotola added ‘If as an entertainer you want to you
want to be friends with politicians, do so without aligning your brand
with whatever the politicians stand for’, she adviced.
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