The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has sent an important message to Nollywood practitioners and other industry players.
According to the guild, the actors and other stakeholders should prioritise healthy lifestyle to avoid imminent health breakdown.
Its president, Emeka Rollas, made the call at the beginning of the 2025 “Annual Walk and Wellness Campaign” of the guild on Saturday in Abuja.
According to the AGN boss, the spate of health challenges faced by actors in Nollywood in recent times has made the call for healthy living more imperative.
He said the nature of the filmmaking job was so demanding and time-consuming that a lot of industry players, especially actors, have no or little time for their health concerns.
The AGN helmsman, therefore, advised actors to be intentional with their heath and recognise the signs and symptoms of a potential breakdown and seek immediate help.
“One of the dangers of not knowing your health status is that when sickness hits you, you might just go into an emergency case, and emergency case is what often leads to death.
“Actually we started the health walk for three years now, and this year at the National Executive Council we decided that all state chapters should of course do theirs at their state capitals.
“The health walk specifically came at an initiative when we noticed that very many actors were sick, and were always on the internet seeking for support for their health.
“We decided to look at it holistically first of all, that let’s be proactive, and the only way you can be proactive is to ensure that actors live healthy.
“One of the prerequisites for good health is to have healthy food, have regular exercise, and then we established this walk.
“You may also notice that in the past three years now, the issue of actors coming online to beg for support has diminished drastically.
“It’s no longer as frequent as it used to be, which means people are actually keying into this signing up on the AGN HMO, signing up on other benefits to be members”, he said.
