In a bid to take the Association of Movie Producers,
AMP, to greater heights, prominent actress, producer
and author, Lilian Amah Aluko, has indicated interest to
contest the presidency of the association.
Lilian, a Masters Degree graduate of English of the
University of Lagos, made her intention known at a press
conference in Lagos on Sunday.
Citing reasons on why she decided to join the presidency
race, Lilian, who recently came back from a training
with her colleagues at the University of California and
Hollywood, said that there is a disconnect in the Nigerian
movie industry which ought not to be.
“While there, we discovered that they have very active
guilds,” said Lilian who is also a member of the Actors’
Guild of Nigeria.
“You cannot go into America and start carrying camera
and doing anything. You must contact the gChioma
Udeuild in charge. The scriptwriter is protected by the
Scriptwriters’ Guild. Producers are protected by the
Producers’ Guild. They have very string unions, they
have rules and regulations. What we have in Nollywood,
as I discovered in my years as Vice President, is that
Nollywood is an all-comer’s affair. Because of that and
of course, the piracy situation, we find that practitioners
are suffering,” she said.
Lilian, who also recently authored a novel, Dreams of
Yesterday, has starred in over 20 movies and several TV
series and has delved into production has made her
mark in the Nollywood. She said she plans to return
viable programmes such as the AMP Week which was
held during Obazele’s reign as president.
Already, feelers are on that she would be contesting the
positon with Ralph Nwadike, a filmmaker who cut his
teeth writing scripts for the National Television Authority
(NTA) back in the 1980s.
In previous administrations of AMP, Lilian had served
two-year tenures as Vice President twice; under the last
tenure of president Paul Obazele and under the first
tenure of president Zik Zulu Okafor.
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