I will fight for a better society through my movie roles - Dino Melaye

Former senator representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye has stated that he would use movie roles to fight for a better society.

The former lawmaker disclosed this in Abuja during the premier of 'Lemonade', a movie which he starred in.

He said, “I brought my political experience to bear and to say that in changing the society everyone should be involved in it. The message is that we must have a nation and a society where leaders must be responsible, where followers must ask questions, where every Nigerian must decide to either work in the light of our creative altruism or we perish in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

Dino Melaye also called on government to fund the entertainment industry so as to enable youths escape unemployment.

He said, “In American the quantum of the GDP that the entertainment takes is more than the budget of the federal republic of Nigeria. So the federal government must actually re-strategize and refocus her energy on the entertainment industry, it is a big catch for us.”

Speaking about the movie, he said, “It wasn’t a true life story but I can say it also juxtaposed my position about a just and egalitarian society, having a society where equity, justice and egalitarianism become the order of the day.”