There is an underground plans by the movie
marketers under the aegis of Film and Video
Producers and Marketers Association of
Nigeria, FVPMAN, to blacklist Mercy Johnson
Okojie,, in what they call, “ Withdrawing of
service from her.” A highly placed source who
disclosed this latest move against the Actress
to HVP, said, the association decided to take
this action, following the ‘unbecoming attitude
of the actress as it affects her work.” More
after the break
According to our source, members of the
association met last Monday, in Onitsha,
Anambra State, to fine-tune plans to blacklist
the actress who recently returned to
Nollywood after months of being away in the
United States, where she gave birth to her
first child. Shedding more light on the reason
for blacklisting the Actress, our source
disclosed that the marketers accused Mercy
Johnson of forming the habit of disappearing
while on location after she has been paid for
the job. She was also accused of given them
difficult conditions.
Mercy Johnson is currently the highest paid
actress in Nollywood. She charges between
N1.8million to N2m to feature in a movie.
The others, like Ini and Funke charge between
N700k to N1.2million. However, the source
further hinted that the marketers have vowed
to sanction any member who disregard the
decision to blacklist the actress. He also
revealed that the leadership of the association
has advised its members to release all the
films that Mercy Johnson featured in, on or
before January, 2014.
Meanwhile, efforts to contact Mercy to react
to the allegations proved abortive as her cell-
phone was permanently switched-off. Recall,
however, that upon her return to
Nollywood,Mercy was bombarded with several
scripts from different marketers and
producers who wanted to get her on their
movies. This is not the first time the movie
marketers association will be placing a ban on
actors as Genevieve Nnaji, Ramsey Noah,
RMD, Emeka Ike, Jim Iyke and others were
blacklisted a couple of years ago for similar
reasons.
source: http://dailytrumpeters..com/2013/11/mercy-johnson-highest-paid-actress-in.html?m=1