The Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria, Ibukun Awosika, has
revealed that her biggest dream in life is to ‘die empty’.
While speaking at a private screening of Kunle Afolayan’s
latest movie, Citation, which held at Terra Kulture over the weekend, Awosika
noted that the last time she acted was when she was in secondary school.
The businesswoman who is known to be an author and a
motivational speaker said, “I am a very adventurous individual and my biggest
dream in life is to die empty, which means, every talent or gifting that I
have, I must use. This was one that I could not have planned for but it had
crossed my mind at some point in time remembering acting in secondary school,
which was the last time that I acted by the way.
“The first time Kunle
Afolayan approached me I had a good laugh because I thought it was a joke. Then
he did a good job of encircling me, my husband, Folake, everyone that was
around me so at a point, I said okay. Bring the script and let me know what
this is all about.
“I am a person that does everything deliberately for a
reason and for me, this is a cause that is worth fighting for. Beyond talking
about things, whenever I find the opportunity to do more than the talking I
will do it,” Awosika said.
Speaking on her experience as a first-time actress, Awosika
hailed the Nigerian movie industry stating that it can be the best in the
world. She further revealed her deal with Afolayan before she became a part of
the project.
“I know many people that would watch this movie because I am
in it. I received a thousand and one phone calls and messages after they went
public. I have to ask to give applause to the team because one thing I learnt
about the industry is the great discipline and understanding of
confidentiality. We had a deal; nobody was meant to know that I am involved
with the project until they go public with it and even though there were over a
hundred people on set, they made sure that rule was set because those were my
condition for taking part in it. When I think of how many people and the
discipline because we took pictures and shared recorded messages but no one was
meant to let anyone know that I was involved so that there would be no
distraction and there was not a single leak until Kunle sent out his message.
“That for me is extremely impressive but more so, is the
greatness within the Nigerian movie industry. The shared division of labour,
the amazing discipline with which they do their work, the order in the
different segment; never judge a man till you get in his shoes, that is the one
lesson I learnt. I doff my hat. I encourage everyone to give respect to
Nigeria’s Nollywood,” she said.
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