Actors are underpaid - Deyemi Okanlawon

Actor Deyemi Okanlawon has raised concerns over the payment of actors in Nigeria. According to him, actors are underpaid as compared to the foreign countries.

He noted that the movie industry are criminally paid less and are been undervalued.

He said this during an interview on MTV Base Africa programme, Lights, Camera Stardom.

Okanlawon was present alongside his colleague Daniel Etim-Effiong.

Sharing his thoughts, Okanlawon said: “I think Nollywood actors are not being paid enough. And the other hand, we are not financially literal enough to use what we do have and maximise it to protect ourselves in the future.”

Etim-Effiong on his part added: “I also think that the way the Nigerian movie industry works, it doesn’t provide enough for the actors to work with both financially and otherwise.

“For example, I don’t think actors are given enough time to prepare for their roles. I don’t think actors are given enough time even to work on themselves.”