Entertainment & SocietyEmeka Rollas Re-Elected AGN President

Emeka Rollas Re-Elected AGN President

November 23, (THEWILL) – The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has conducted an election to usher in new National Executive Council members, who will take over the mantle of leadership of the body for the next three years.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the new leadership were elected on Tuesday night, at the end of the 2022 Nollywood Actors Summit of the guild, which was held in Benin City, Edo state.

About 120 delegates from 20 states voted during the elections held at the Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub.

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The election was supervised by NEC Chairman, Steve Eboh, and Emma Ogugua, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the guild.

Emeka Rollas, the incumbent National President of the guild, was re-elected, while Nazareth Jesse, Marcus Maina, Bukky Fagbuyi, Clement Anigbo, Moklese Osain, emerged Vice Presidents for North-Central, North-East, South-West, South-East and South-South respectively.

Abubakar Sanusi won his bid to become the AGN Secretary-General, while Chelsea Nwodo emerged as Assistant Secretary of the guild.

Other elected executives include Emeka Duru as Financial Secretary, Oby Okafor as Treasurer, David Akuma as Director of Guild Services and Kea Adams as Provost.

Speaking on behalf of the newly elected executives, Rollas said the new leadership would consolidate on the successes of the AGN in the last three years and be more committed to the welfare of members.

He called on members across the country to shun all divisive tendencies and work with the new executives to build a formidable AGN.

“I can say today that all we have done in the past three years was foundation laying, so let us join hands and build on the successes we have so far achieved”, he said.

Rollas, who was first elected as National President of the AGN in 2019, said a date would soon be announced for the inauguration of the new leadership.

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