Bukunmi debunks women supporting women narrative

Nollywood actress Bukunmi Oluwasina has debunked the popular phrase of women supporting women in the Nollywood industry.

While speaking with BBC pidgin, Bukunmi stated that the female support can be very insincere and brief.

“You know say women supporting women for Nollywood na scam. “E no dey always long. Even if they support each other, we know how e dey, but we dey see the men and dem dey do am. Everybody know say woman enemy na fellow woman. No be only for Nollywood. Women supporting women at some point, you go just see am. Even if dem talk say e dey happen, you go feel am say na scam,” she explained in Pidgin English.

She also claimed that women find it hard to lend other women money, but will rather assist a man financially

“If you follow one woman talk, you go hear them talk say dem fit borrow man money make e start business, but to borrow fellow woman money make she start business e dey always hard. I no know how the thing dey like that. I no fault anybody, but e just dey. Women dey industry wey no get sponsor, dem dey do the work, the work dey show, we know dem, we see dem and their work. But na other people wey dey under their shadow dey use am run their thing, dey water down those women effort, making it look like everybody get sponsor,” she added.