Nollywood actors are underpaid – Deyemi Okanlawon

Deyemi Okanlawon, a Nollywood actor, has revealed the major challenges that actors face in the country.

He claimed that thespians in Nigeria’s film industry are criminally underpaid.

Okanlawon stated this while appearing on MTV Base Africa’s Lights, Camera, Stardom with his colleague Daniel Etim-Effiong.

He said, “I think [Nollywood] actors are not being paid enough. And the other hand, we are not financially literal enough to use what we do have and maximise it to protect ourselves in the future.”

Etim-Effiong added: “I also think that the way the [Nigerian movie] industry works, it doesn’t provide enough for the actors to work with both financially and otherwise.

“For example, I don’t think actors are given enough time to prepare [for their roles]. I don’t think actors are given enough time even to work on themselves.”