The president of the Nigeria actors guild (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has urged Nollywood actors to prioritize a wholesome way of life to keep away from an imminent collapse of well being in the midst of their work.
The AGN chief made the decision through the “Annual Well being and Welfare Marketing campaign” of 2025 of the guild on Saturday in Abuja, including that the sequence of well being challenges confronted by Nollywood actors lately has made the decision to a wholesome life extra crucial.
The Stroll and Wellness marketing campaign, which started within the previous parade backyard, was accompanied by a street present with many Nollywood actors.
He identified that the character of cinematographic work was so demanding and sluggish that many trade actors, particularly actors, do not need or little for his or her well being issues.
AGN Helmsman, subsequently, suggested actors to be attentive with their well being and acknowledge the indicators and signs of a doable breakdown and search speedy assist.
“One of many risks of not figuring out its well being standing is that when the illness hits it, it may enter an emergency case, and an emergency case is what typically results in demise.
“Really, we began the well being stroll three years in the past, and this 12 months within the Nationwide Govt Council we determined that every one state chapters ought to, after all, do their very own of their state capitals.
“The well being stroll was particularly as an initiative once we seen that many actors had been sick and that they had been all the time on the Web on the lookout for assist for his or her well being.
“We determined to take a look at it in an integral approach, within the first place, that we’re proactive, and the one approach during which it may be proactive is to make sure that the actors dwell wholesome.
“One of many earlier necessities for good well being is to have wholesome meals, train frequently after which established this stroll.
“It may well additionally discover that within the final three years, the problem of actors who come on-line to beg the assist has decreased dramatically.
“It’s not as frequent because it was once, which signifies that persons are actually connecting this, signing within the AGN HMO, registering in different advantages to be members,” he stated.
In response to Rollas, the Stroll and Wellness marketing campaign, which was held concurrently within the state chapters of the guild, goals to prioritize well being and properly -being throughout the trade.
He stated the marketing campaign would have a wide range of actions aimed toward selling the integral properly -being of the actors, together with medical exams, knowledgeable discussions in psychological well being and remedy periods.
He additionally inspired the actors to register within the guild’s medical health insurance program to entry speedy and inexpensive medical care each time the necessity arises.
“So it is a day once we undergo medical exams to know these whose instances are getting worse, so they are going to begin time to hunt medical care.
“As we speak you’ll be able to see take a look at kits for malaria, typhoid, HIV, BP, arthritis and others, all for actors to know their well being standing,” he stated.
In an interview with journalists in this system, the mayor of AGN of FCT and the host of the occasion expressed his delight for the complete participation of the FCT actors.
“I really feel that my members at the moment are conscious of the necessity to take their well being critically, which is the essence of this stroll.
“It’s identified that the actors actually don’t take their well being critically, not as a result of they don’t want, however due to their tight schedules to maneuver from one film to the opposite.
“This stroll is a reminder to take their well being critically, even when they can not take a look at every single day, at the very least be sure that they carry out a basic take a look at yearly.
“Like a guild, every part we may do, what we’re nonetheless doing and we are going to proceed to do, it’s telling them to overview their well being frequently and likewise have a look at what they eat,” he stated.
Some Nollywood stars that spoke with journalists additionally lent their voices to the wholesome life marketing campaign, whereas praising the guild management for the initiative.
The sensational actress Empress Njamah stated that though AGN defended the wholesome way of life marketing campaign for trade gamers, it was crucial for actors to be answerable for their properly -being.
“As soon as I’ve 18 years or extra, you should clearly know that good well being is essential in your day by day life and find out how to shield it.
“There are specific issues that you simply can’t impose on individuals if they aren’t open coronary heart and are keen to simply accept them. Many individuals are detached about their well being.
“Nevertheless, well being is wealth, and is shameful for many of our colleagues join on-line to ask for funds for well being issues,” he stated.
As Benedict Johnson’s actor stated: “What we’re doing right this moment could be very crucial for every actor, and we actually want to do that extra steadily.
“Many individuals stroll with out figuring out their well being, and could possibly be having an underlying illness with out figuring out it.
“Via any such bodily train and, after all, you’ll be able to see some docs right here to confirm us, you’ll be able to keep away from instances of sudden demise.”