Senator Dino Melaye joined
Nollywood just few hours after the Appeal Court affirmed the decision of the
Kogi Election Petition Tribunal nullifying his victory.
The outspoken senator will be
featured as one of the key actors, in a Television series titled ‘Equity
unbound,” an idea of the Pillars of Hope African Initiative (POHAI).
Other prominent actors including
Linc Edochie, Victor Decke, Chief Bruno Iwuola and Paul Sambo will also be
featured in the TV series.
Addressing a world press
conference, the Country Director of POHAI, Chinyere Onyemekara, said the main
focus of the project is on ‘equal rights and sociai justices in Africa,’ using
Nigeria as a case study.
“Equity unbound TV series is a
soap opera that holistically ex-ray the quality of justice system in Nigeria
and its attendant effect on both the masses, the elites and the government.
“It is a mind-blowing expository
drama presentation of the human rights challenges of an ordinary common Nigerian.
A good example of the issues treated in this series is the recent report by
BBC, on the pervasive threat of “sax for grades and sex for Marks” in Nigeria’s
institutions of learning.
“A 120mins pilot episode of
Equity unbound TV series has been shot with so many celebrity Actors and with
state of the art equipment cum professionais and highly motivated crew.
“The idea of this is to use drama
as an effective tool of communication to correct the ills and promote an
acceptable social justice system in Nigeria.
“Gentlemen of the press, you will
agree that Africa and Nigeria in particular is far behind in terms of perfect
justice system and equitable society.
“We at POHAI has taken it upon
ourselves to expose these shortcomings for the purpose of strategic attention
and correction:
“We hereby call on members of the
fourth estate of the realm, civil society groups, the international community,
cooperate organizations, Nigerian government at all levels and well-meaning
Nigerians to support in whatever way possible to bring this humanitarian
project to fruition,” Onyemekara stated.
Speaking on why he joined the
drama, Senator Dino Melaye, expressed happiness to be part of the series that
will expose unjust act in the society.
Melaye said: “I’m happy to have
participated in the series, especially as it will help correct social problems
in the country. I am not a greenhorn in acting because I emerged as the best
actor during my NYSC program.
“I am ready to serve this country
in any capacity and I feel that participating in the series is another way of
contributing my quota in correcting the social ills in Nigeria.
“If I have such opportunity again
I won’t hesitate to take it,” Melaye stated.
The drama’s director said that
Senator Dino Melaye acted the role of Joshua in the series, which is an
assemblage of professional actors and politicians.
“The drama is all about tackling
social vices in the society. The drama, he said captures such issues like
corruption, injustice, bad governance and so on.”
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