The Nigerian Nollywood movie Industry has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid, as they stormed the inauguration of the ‘Together Nigeria’ support group project for Buhari’s re-election.
The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari was also at the launching of ‘Together Nigeria’ where she welcomed and recognised some of the entertainers for their hard work and contribution to the growth of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry.
The Nollywood actors and actresses that graced the event in Abuja cut across both the indigenous and English film in Nigeria. Also, some popular Nigerian musicians, and ex-National team players of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, and many others were all present to show their support to the ‘Together Nigeria’ project.
Some of those that were honoured were, Ice Prince, Korede Bello, Peter Rufai, Iyanya, and others…
President Buhari who was full of appreciation for the support, thanked the Nigerian celebrities for projecting the image of Nigeria globally and their contributions to the entertainment industry.
President Buhari’s full speech at the inauguration of the ‘Together Nigeria’ reads:
“It is with great pleasure that I welcome all of you to this memorable event.
Let me first congratulate and thank the organizers of this event for putting this together in a very special way. I feel happy to see people from different backgrounds coming together for a common cause such as this. I am particularly happy to be here face to face with some of our celebrities whom I only see on television.
Tonight’s event once again reminds me of our political struggles over the years and the support I enjoyed from many support structures such as The Buhari Organization (TBO) and Buhari Support Organization (BSO). I am happy that today we are not only celebrating our election victory but our numerous land mark achievements.
I have listened and I acknowledge with delight the story of Buhari Support Organization (BSO) past, present and future from previous speakers. In particular, I commend the plan to reorganize and reposition the organization towards the forth coming election and beyond. This has once again given me further encouragement, hope and optimism in our political journey.
At this point, I would like to acknowledge the over whelming support I enjoyed from individuals and organizations across the country over the years. I say thank you to all those who contributed to our successes in one way or the other.
Some of you, individuals and organizations, may be feeling disappointed because we have not been able to please everyone. I would like to assure you that this time hard work and loyalty will be rewarded adequately.
Finally, I wish to thank the TOGETHER NIGERIA Group for educating the world about our good work and achievements. I will like to also thank our celebrities for projecting the image of Nigeria globally and for your contributions to the development of our entertainment industries.
To our teeming supporters across the country and beyond I say thank you for your continuing and unrelenting support.
I wish all of you present here safe journey back to your various destinations”