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I am been in this country all my life and I have never seen a time like this when politicians have become top rate comedians who keep citizens totally enthralled with their antics and theatrics. The drama in the political space in the last few years can compete favourably with Nollywood. We surely do have a new genre of reality TV systematized by politicians. Let’s call it ‘’Polywood’’!
Polywood has to its credit very many bestsellers and some of them include the shot clip of former President Obasanjo tearing up his PDP membership card into shreds prior to the 2015 elections. There is the famous classic of Patience Jonathan lamenting ‘’there is God oh’’. We cannot forget the Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corp Officer’s TV interview that started a whole new lingo about ‘’oga at the top – this is now on Wikipedia. How about Femi Otedola’s video of Senator Farouk Lawan collecting the bribes and stuffing them into his cap? Can we forget Governor Okorocha’s penchant for erecting statutes of famous people and taking photographs in front of them? There is the picture of Lai Muhammed the Minister for Information sleeping on duty at a conference – not to forget how Nigerians have changed his name from Lai to ‘’Lie.’’
In the midst of this, we have Senator Adeleke whose claim to fame is that his dancing steps makes TuBaba grin with envy. The dancing senators dance video is a marvel any day! Sylvester Stallone ‘’Rambo’’ would be envious of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s action packed movie as he stormed the EFFC on his self-appointed date wearing a T-Shirt embossed with ‘’EFFC I am here’’. That short drama by His Excellency Ayodele Fayose does not come close to the action packed drama titled ‘’mace snip’’ starring 4 gentlemen who simply walked into the National Assembly (yes the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) in broad day light with Senators in session to snatch and cart away the mace. That video which is on youtube should get a nomination for Realty Show of the Year.
We were still trying to get over this when the DSS stormed the National Assembly and locked up the legislative chamber refusing the legislators access into the building. The drama that ensued with Senator Ben Bruce threatening revocation of visas for those who have been involved and the encounter where gallant legislator Boma Goodhead dared the masked DSS guy to shoot would burst the box office if it went commercial. Can we forget Senator Dino Melaye who is a serial movie star, a lot of his movies are self-produced one-man acts – usually lyrical with dance steps imported from Bollywood. Dino did some other movies starring police in uniform – like the script of him hiding a tree to avoid kidnap by the police or Dino Melaye on the floor on the streets of Abuja resisting the police who attempted to ‘’kidnap’’ him to take him to Kogi state to stand trial.
Talking about trials, Olisah Metuh being wheeled into court on a stretcher to prove to the judge that he was ill was a production that cannot go unmentioned. The inspector General of Police was a major act in a much talked about video called ‘’Transmission’’ where he kept Nigerians wondering if he was a DJ learning how to scratch‘’transmission, transmission…’’. Lovers of house music surely loved that movie.
During the 2015 elections politicians really showed their talent in trying to reach the youths, nothing was spared, we had candidates eating corn on the road side and other antics. In this genre, my all-time favourite was the picture of Governor Rotimi Amaechi plaiting a girls’ hair. The Governor became a hair dresser! One of the movies I enjoyed most was the one where the major act was a snake, the producer of this movie must be nominated for Producer of the Year because they depicted how snakes can be ‘’cashivorous’’ – eat cash for nourishment. The supporting act was an officer with WAEC who collected money meant for the government coffers but unfortunately the cashivorous snake came and whooped it all up. The Nigerian cash in transit insurance now includes a new policy to cover for hungry snake gulping cash.
The animals in Nigeria have their fair share of roles in Polywood, the rodents starred in a blockbuster movie where they went to the Presidents offices (yes Mr. Presidents office) with all temerity and bravado dressed in bullet proof vests to eat up the Presidents furniture – the sad side in this movie is that the rodents were not sympathetic of the fact that Mr. President was away on his sick bed at the time.
This script won an as Oscar for tragicomedy! One of the most recent releases was Governor Ambode’s documentary that took us on a tour of a mental rehabilitation centre to see some of the patients and showed us in particular one VIP patient who had been ‘’accidentally’’ released and was on the prowl – a potential danger to society. Have you watched the court room drama reminiscent of the suits series where a whistle blower sues the federal government for his commission on Osborne cash discovery – the intrigues, the twists, the turns keep your glued to the screen!
We cannot forget in a hurry the popular and trending movie that has broken all records in viewership – this is the series called ‘’Gandollars’’ starring a serving governor Ganduje of Kano State counting his supposed bribes of thousands of US Dollars. We must agree that Nigeria surely has got talent!
Despite the fun and comic relief a few questions must be asked: What kind of message is Polywood sending to over 50% of Nigerians who are under 17 -years of age and very impressionable? Are these movies building their fabric as leaders of tomorrow? How many politicians do young people look up to and say ‘’when I grow up I will like to be like…..’’?
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I am been in this country all my life and I have never seen a time like this when politicians have become top rate comedians who keep citizens totally enthralled with their antics and theatrics. The drama in the political space in the last few years can compete favourably with Nollywood. We surely do have a new genre of reality TV systematized by politicians. Let’s call it ‘’Polywood’’!
Polywood has to its credit very many bestsellers and some of them include the shot clip of former President Obasanjo tearing up his PDP membership card into shreds prior to the 2015 elections. There is the famous classic of Patience Jonathan lamenting ‘’there is God oh’’. We cannot forget the Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corp Officer’s TV interview that started a whole new lingo about ‘’oga at the top – this is now on Wikipedia. How about Femi Otedola’s video of Senator Farouk Lawan collecting the bribes and stuffing them into his cap? Can we forget Governor Okorocha’s penchant for erecting statutes of famous people and taking photographs in front of them? There is the picture of Lai Muhammed the Minister for Information sleeping on duty at a conference – not to forget how Nigerians have changed his name from Lai to ‘’Lie.’’
In the midst of this, we have Senator Adeleke whose claim to fame is that his dancing steps makes TuBaba grin with envy. The dancing senators dance video is a marvel any day! Sylvester Stallone ‘’Rambo’’ would be envious of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s action packed movie as he stormed the EFFC on his self-appointed date wearing a T-Shirt embossed with ‘’EFFC I am here’’. That short drama by His Excellency Ayodele Fayose does not come close to the action packed drama titled ‘’mace snip’’ starring 4 gentlemen who simply walked into the National Assembly (yes the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) in broad day light with Senators in session to snatch and cart away the mace. That video which is on youtube should get a nomination for Realty Show of the Year.
We were still trying to get over this when the DSS stormed the National Assembly and locked up the legislative chamber refusing the legislators access into the building. The drama that ensued with Senator Ben Bruce threatening revocation of visas for those who have been involved and the encounter where gallant legislator Boma Goodhead dared the masked DSS guy to shoot would burst the box office if it went commercial. Can we forget Senator Dino Melaye who is a serial movie star, a lot of his movies are self-produced one-man acts – usually lyrical with dance steps imported from Bollywood. Dino did some other movies starring police in uniform – like the script of him hiding a tree to avoid kidnap by the police or Dino Melaye on the floor on the streets of Abuja resisting the police who attempted to ‘’kidnap’’ him to take him to Kogi state to stand trial.
Talking about trials, Olisah Metuh being wheeled into court on a stretcher to prove to the judge that he was ill was a production that cannot go unmentioned. The inspector General of Police was a major act in a much talked about video called ‘’Transmission’’ where he kept Nigerians wondering if he was a DJ learning how to scratch‘’transmission, transmission…’’. Lovers of house music surely loved that movie.
During the 2015 elections politicians really showed their talent in trying to reach the youths, nothing was spared, we had candidates eating corn on the road side and other antics. In this genre, my all-time favourite was the picture of Governor Rotimi Amaechi plaiting a girls’ hair. The Governor became a hair dresser! One of the movies I enjoyed most was the one where the major act was a snake, the producer of this movie must be nominated for Producer of the Year because they depicted how snakes can be ‘’cashivorous’’ – eat cash for nourishment. The supporting act was an officer with WAEC who collected money meant for the government coffers but unfortunately the cashivorous snake came and whooped it all up. The Nigerian cash in transit insurance now includes a new policy to cover for hungry snake gulping cash.
The animals in Nigeria have their fair share of roles in Polywood, the rodents starred in a blockbuster movie where they went to the Presidents offices (yes Mr. Presidents office) with all temerity and bravado dressed in bullet proof vests to eat up the Presidents furniture – the sad side in this movie is that the rodents were not sympathetic of the fact that Mr. President was away on his sick bed at the time.
This script won an as Oscar for tragicomedy! One of the most recent releases was Governor Ambode’s documentary that took us on a tour of a mental rehabilitation centre to see some of the patients and showed us in particular one VIP patient who had been ‘’accidentally’’ released and was on the prowl – a potential danger to society. Have you watched the court room drama reminiscent of the suits series where a whistle blower sues the federal government for his commission on Osborne cash discovery – the intrigues, the twists, the turns keep your glued to the screen!
We cannot forget in a hurry the popular and trending movie that has broken all records in viewership – this is the series called ‘’Gandollars’’ starring a serving governor Ganduje of Kano State counting his supposed bribes of thousands of US Dollars. We must agree that Nigeria surely has got talent!
Despite the fun and comic relief a few questions must be asked: What kind of message is Polywood sending to over 50% of Nigerians who are under 17 -years of age and very impressionable? Are these movies building their fabric as leaders of tomorrow? How many politicians do young people look up to and say ‘’when I grow up I will like to be like…..’’?
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I am been in this country all my life and I have never seen a time like this when politicians have become top rate comedians who keep citizens totally enthralled with their antics and theatrics. The drama in the political space in the last few years can compete favourably with Nollywood. We surely do have a new genre of reality TV systematized by politicians. Let’s call it ‘’Polywood’’!
Polywood has to its credit very many bestsellers and some of them include the shot clip of former President Obasanjo tearing up his PDP membership card into shreds prior to the 2015 elections. There is the famous classic of Patience Jonathan lamenting ‘’there is God oh’’. We cannot forget the Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corp Officer’s TV interview that started a whole new lingo about ‘’oga at the top – this is now on Wikipedia. How about Femi Otedola’s video of Senator Farouk Lawan collecting the bribes and stuffing them into his cap? Can we forget Governor Okorocha’s penchant for erecting statutes of famous people and taking photographs in front of them? There is the picture of Lai Muhammed the Minister for Information sleeping on duty at a conference – not to forget how Nigerians have changed his name from Lai to ‘’Lie.’’
In the midst of this, we have Senator Adeleke whose claim to fame is that his dancing steps makes TuBaba grin with envy. The dancing senators dance video is a marvel any day! Sylvester Stallone ‘’Rambo’’ would be envious of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s action packed movie as he stormed the EFFC on his self-appointed date wearing a T-Shirt embossed with ‘’EFFC I am here’’. That short drama by His Excellency Ayodele Fayose does not come close to the action packed drama titled ‘’mace snip’’ starring 4 gentlemen who simply walked into the National Assembly (yes the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) in broad day light with Senators in session to snatch and cart away the mace. That video which is on youtube should get a nomination for Realty Show of the Year.
We were still trying to get over this when the DSS stormed the National Assembly and locked up the legislative chamber refusing the legislators access into the building. The drama that ensued with Senator Ben Bruce threatening revocation of visas for those who have been involved and the encounter where gallant legislator Boma Goodhead dared the masked DSS guy to shoot would burst the box office if it went commercial. Can we forget Senator Dino Melaye who is a serial movie star, a lot of his movies are self-produced one-man acts – usually lyrical with dance steps imported from Bollywood. Dino did some other movies starring police in uniform – like the script of him hiding a tree to avoid kidnap by the police or Dino Melaye on the floor on the streets of Abuja resisting the police who attempted to ‘’kidnap’’ him to take him to Kogi state to stand trial.
Talking about trials, Olisah Metuh being wheeled into court on a stretcher to prove to the judge that he was ill was a production that cannot go unmentioned. The inspector General of Police was a major act in a much talked about video called ‘’Transmission’’ where he kept Nigerians wondering if he was a DJ learning how to scratch‘’transmission, transmission…’’. Lovers of house music surely loved that movie.
During the 2015 elections politicians really showed their talent in trying to reach the youths, nothing was spared, we had candidates eating corn on the road side and other antics. In this genre, my all-time favourite was the picture of Governor Rotimi Amaechi plaiting a girls’ hair. The Governor became a hair dresser! One of the movies I enjoyed most was the one where the major act was a snake, the producer of this movie must be nominated for Producer of the Year because they depicted how snakes can be ‘’cashivorous’’ – eat cash for nourishment. The supporting act was an officer with WAEC who collected money meant for the government coffers but unfortunately the cashivorous snake came and whooped it all up. The Nigerian cash in transit insurance now includes a new policy to cover for hungry snake gulping cash.
The animals in Nigeria have their fair share of roles in Polywood, the rodents starred in a blockbuster movie where they went to the Presidents offices (yes Mr. Presidents office) with all temerity and bravado dressed in bullet proof vests to eat up the Presidents furniture – the sad side in this movie is that the rodents were not sympathetic of the fact that Mr. President was away on his sick bed at the time.
This script won an as Oscar for tragicomedy! One of the most recent releases was Governor Ambode’s documentary that took us on a tour of a mental rehabilitation centre to see some of the patients and showed us in particular one VIP patient who had been ‘’accidentally’’ released and was on the prowl – a potential danger to society. Have you watched the court room drama reminiscent of the suits series where a whistle blower sues the federal government for his commission on Osborne cash discovery – the intrigues, the twists, the turns keep your glued to the screen!
We cannot forget in a hurry the popular and trending movie that has broken all records in viewership – this is the series called ‘’Gandollars’’ starring a serving governor Ganduje of Kano State counting his supposed bribes of thousands of US Dollars. We must agree that Nigeria surely has got talent!
Despite the fun and comic relief a few questions must be asked: What kind of message is Polywood sending to over 50% of Nigerians who are under 17 -years of age and very impressionable? Are these movies building their fabric as leaders of tomorrow? How many politicians do young people look up to and say ‘’when I grow up I will like to be like…..’’?
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