Nollywood stars who dumped GEJ!
on JANUARY 14, 2012 · in HOME VIDEO PEOPLE

By Ben Njoku

As the protest over fuel subsidy removal rages, many Nigerian entertainers who initially supported Goodluck Jonathan during his presidential campaign last year have eventually dumped him to his fate.

Top on the list of these entertainers is actor Desmond Elliot. He was one of the many Nollywood stars that endorsed Goodluck Jonathan months before the April 2011 polls.

Surprisingly, the same actor on Wednesday, made a U-turn on his support for the president, while speaking at the mass protest against the fuel subsidy removal, in Ojota, Lagos.

The baby-face actor said the action is not only meant to inflict untold hardship on the innocent masses but also, it is a harsh decision on the part of the government.

He took to his Twitter account to express his disappointment in the incumbent administration. He tweeted:

‘We have lost everything we met on the land. Cocoa, palm oil, groundnuts, cotton, cashew and rubber have been forgotten and are better produced by nations who came to learn from us. We have lost our moral compass, our society is fractured, our statehood is threatened.

“Our citizens are in all prisons around the world. Some of them prefer foreign prisons to coming back to Nigeria. Our passport is treated with disdain everywhere you present it. Why should our government be this big with special advisers on cassava and beans affairs.


Desmond Eliot, makes a u-turn
Do we need 36 ministers? Why would our president spend close to a billion on food while close to eighty percent live on less than a dollar a day? Why should he budget a billion for generators and diesel when he is urging us to believe in his power sector reform? Why should we believe the government when it says the subsidy gain will be properly reinvested. Bad leadership and coruption must stop.

Also Dickson Iroegbu who campaigned for Jonathan has equally dumped him. A notable film maker cum writer, Iroegbu last year relocated to Abuja, all in the bid to campaign for GEJ. “Goodluck for Nigeria” and “It’s Possible” was his slogans then.

Lending support to the President last year, Iroegbu said “like many actors, we have seen Jonathan improve by the day. I personally trust him. I can fight for him to shine like a star. He said he will ensure that no Nigerian goes to bed hungry, it is not about crying, he has started taking actions already.

Mr. President is in dire need of all of us to drive away the hawks in power, and as our leader, he has shown the right direction so far. A little benefit of doubt can solve the “Ifs” theory in film making. If he continues this way, then soon, very soon we shall be united.”

Ironically, speaking against the fuel subsidy removal, the notable film maker accused President Jonathan of being insensitive to the plight of the poor masses.

His words “I have said it before, it is an insensitive action. It is anti-masses. Personally, I don’t care what government thinks they are doing in the name of palliatives. First and foremost, government should go back to status quo. I feel aggrieved. I feel sad. This deceit must stop.”

This government is losing credibility too fast. The price of goods, transportation, medical, and everything else has skyrocketed. People who traveled to various places can’t return to base, we can go on and on. It is quite disheartening.

I am also suffering it. People have called me names I don’t deserve, just for supporting President Goodluck Jonathan.”

On his own, Segun Arinze urged the president to listen to the voice of the masses and do well to revert the fuel price. He faulted the government for not building trust in the Nigerian citizens before implementing such policy.

Arinze whose faction of the Actors Guild of Nigeria(AGN) recently organised a “Nollywood Roundtable on Deregulation” at Eko Hotel and Suites to drum support for the federal government on the removal of the controversial fuel subsidy was speaking at a television show monitored by HVP.

Other Nollywood stars who should bury their faces in shame included Francis Duru who co-ordinated Naija Artistes for Goodluck project with an umbrella body called Goodluck Campaign last year alongside Richard Ossai, veteran actor Olu Jacobs, Monalisa Chinda Ramsey Nuoah Susan Peters, Genevieve Nnaji, Ufuoma Ejenobor, Ngozi Nwosu, Nonso Diobi, Clem Ohameze and Femi Brainard.

Others are; Linc and Yul Edochie, Yemi Blaq, Mercy Aigbe, Ejike Asiegbu, Uche Iwuji, Chinyere Winifred, Uche Obodo, Emmanuella Njudigbo, Maureen Solomon, Tony Umez, Emeka Enyiocha, Benita Nzeribe and several top Northern based actors who trooped into the audio visual of the MSquad crew to shoot a video for a song, which was produced by Asuquo. Today, these entertainers are singing a different song.

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Enneyi
All of you abusing Desmond Elliot and Bringing tribalism into this matter at hand are very foolish and insensitive. The young man has just spoken his mind, as a true patriot, then why insult him? I am an Ijaw man, and the truth is, GEJ is threading the path to destruction. Y would u take from the poor masses that do not have to build what we know he will never build. We have been on this road far back in the late 80's where every government comes with stories of removing subsidy and putting things in place, but what do we have? Stories and siphoning of public funds. So tell us now y we have to believe in Jonathan, we he has yet not put anything in place. Take Fashola for a good example. He has done so much in Lagos State within a short time. Did Fashola task anyone before putting BRT in place? Did he tax anyone before putting all the street light and road in place? No he never did dat. He made sure he had most basic infrastructures in place before introducing tax, and because of what he had already put in place, people gave him the benefit of doubt , and started paying their taxes. This is sincere people do things. I even saw reason why I should pay my tax, because I saw the improvement in the city of Lagos, and its environs. That is how to know a good government. Jonathan deceived everyone, and today we are seeing its implication. Why did he not provide better transportation, good roads, better electricity system, before embarking on his stupid subsidy regime? Y do we have to wait for him to remove subsidy before doing all that? Where are all the billions his propaganda Efcc has recovered from corrupt government officials? Where are all the money recovered from corrupt officials of the past government? Nobody is asking all these questions, yet you want 9gerians to pay more and suffer, while they syphone the money into their own pocket. The truth here is, before we can trust any government now, let us see what they have done. They should take loans like Fashola did to put infrastructural amenities in place, and then, proceed with their so called pricing regime, then we will believe them, but in as much as they have refused to put anything in place, and yet they want to get mo out of the masses, they I will urge all 9gerians from all quarters to resist such policy. We have suffered too much in the past to allow anyone take us for granted again. Y are dey not arresting and prosecuting corrupt officials? We only hear of dem been arrested and nothing more. Jonathan and his cohorts are just fighting an paparazzi corruption campaign. They are only doing it fot the cameras, hence I will advise all 9gerians to stand up and fight for their land. Let us chase all the corrupt ans pad leaders away from our land, so we can have some good fresh air to breath!!!!!!
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sadiq bello
i wish Nigerians would listen to your advice and chase these corrupt public officers once and for all, imagine some crazy northerners were sad that Atiku lost the PDP presidential primaries, Atiku!who said in kano that God does not answer the prayers of poor people, they are all birds of the same feathers
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Actors, actresses and musicians.

The act of make belief abi?

May be aside the fuel subsidy removal they should tell us other reasons for their annoyance.
Cos i heard one of them complaining at ojota rally about the millions of dollars unfulfillied promise made by GEJ to the entertainment industry.

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