Nollywood director and critique, Charles Novia has addressed some misconceptions regarding the endorsement of President Jonathan by many entertainers. In an interview with
Punch, he said entertainers who supported Jonathan have been criticised, while those who support Buhari are hailed
I have been having discussions with my colleagues in the past 24 hours and I can tell you that they genuinely love President Jonathan because he was like a father; he was more than a President to us. He was a very personable fellow to the entertainment industry and I am sure that, one way or the other, he has influenced people’s decisions to go into the political sphere.
On entertainers being paid to campaigning for politicians..
That question is quite amorphous and I have always laughed at that question because those questions are based on perception. In the course of the political campaigning, a lot of accusations and bric-a-brac were going on between supporters of both parties. The APC supporters said anytime they saw the Nollywood entertainers on stage with President Jonathan, they had been compromised. I think that was erroneous.
There are two ways to look at it: Entertainers are also Nigerians. They have a right to take a stand. I took that position a few months ago. I said, ‘Come out openly as an industry or as a person within the entertainment industry and take a stand. Stand by that conviction and do not be crucified for that stand. Don’t let anybody move you away from that stand so that you can say, ‘I stood by this stand when it mattered most and I voted President Jonathan or Gen. Buhari.’
The country should be ripe enough to appreciate that stand, rather than saying there were monetary gains or influences. I think it was a genuine affection and belief in President Jonathan.
The other way to look at it is that entertainers have a vocation. We saw things or two aspects of the presidential candidate. On the APC side, we saw Mavin Records artists, Olamide and others playing for the current President-elect, but I did not hear anybody say they were influenced or paid. But when they came to people playing for Jonathan, they said those ones were paid. The people must understand what it is to have a vocation and a political conviction.
Charles Novia ,your trip to Aso Rock ends MAY 29th!!!! All entertainers including you compromise because you wanted to collect your national cake .....PST.chekeleke
ReplyDeleteComing from a so called Pastor , that is so low . Well maybe Pastor acronym is just a nick name for u.
DeleteRubbish,all of them were actually campaigning for GEJ for peanuts,never knew they were such classless.
ReplyDeleteEveryone has a right to choose who to support, if celebs show a politician support it's normal.
ReplyDeleteIt makes the whole election engaging, especially for the youths. It happens everywhere.
President Jonathan has a lot of admirers no doubt.
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They went too far with it. Toyin was even saying she would die for pdp! Nawa!
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DeleteThe right to vote for ur candidate can't be denied and whom u choose to campaign for is no other person's business
ReplyDeleteEveryone has the right to vote or campaign for which ever candidate they deem fit.
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People sef....we are in a generation of hypocrites,pretenders and I too knows.....U support GMB, I support GEJ...
ReplyDelete.we both speak words that shows support for our beloved Candidate, Good and bad words...our candidates gave us money in appreciation.... Ur candidate won, mine lost..
Because urz won, u feel u r in a position to talk trash,preach to me when we both did same thing...Some that guessed right now feel that God's hand is on their shoulder!
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ReplyDeleteI choptize not.. IT IS WELL
ReplyDeleteNo time to chek time jare,dt one is bygone
ReplyDeleteNone of my biznes
ReplyDeleteThere is no love in that industry ...a lot of haterz. #hatred #Envy.
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ReplyDeleteA New Beginning! I was left in tears when i read Presidents Goodlucks congratulatory message to Gen. Buhari I was not crying because i felt like crying, i was not crying cause i supported him and he lost, but i cried cause his words arrested my emotions. He wished his opponent a good administration ahead, he congratulated him and accepted defeat. I could remember by this time in 2011, Buhari never accepted that he lost, he promised Jonathan that he'l make his administration ungovernable for him and he later fulfilled his promise. His supporters took to the streets and slaughtered innocent Nigerians but he never stopped the killings. But today, he has won that same man that defeated him in 2011 but got a congratulatory message instead of threats. He has wished him success and not promising him an ungovernable tenure. Few weeks to the election, the people we call our leaders were busy sending threats to themselves and leaving the poor masses gripped with fear. Some people left the country with fear of the aftermath of the election. But today you'v restored peace by accepting defeat peacefuly. Oh! Jonathan, you've shown us that you'r a good man. You'v shown African leaders the true definition of democracy. You wished not to influence the elections with your powers, you wished not to cancel the election when you can do it and nothing will happen. Posterity will never forget you where ever you go. I am still your fan for life. You'r a good and gentleman but sorrounded by ingrates and fools that care for their pockets alone. Oh Jona! You lost the election but won my heart. # NigeriaHASdecided Its not ova until its over
Well spoken
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ReplyDeleteI love him as well.
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