.
Femi Ogedengbe
One
of the prominent Nigerian actors, Femi Ogedengbe has since left the
shores of Nigeria due to economic uncertainties to see greener pastures
abroad
Nollywood actor Femi Ogedengbe, has for the first time, spoken
about his relocation to the U.S, which he said was necessitated by
poverty.
However, in a chat with Kemifilami, he revealed that he now works
as a security guard in the U.S, and not a gardener, as being reported in
some section of the media.
According to him: "I have relocated to the U.S. I got there in
January, 2016, and my family joined me in July, 2017. I relocated
because I just couldn’t cope with the way my life was going for me in
terms of poverty.
I saw myself as one of the very great actors in Nollywood. In
2005, I discovered that the Nollywood industry, where I belong, was
becoming more and more a tribalistic industry because a few financiers
who were throwing in money for productions dictated who appear in the
movies.
So, more and more, we discovered that those of us, talking
about Emeka and others, we were not getting the jobs we should get based
on merit, I had to move over to the Yoruba genre and even at that, I
discovered that the Yoruba genre was more like a help- me-I-help you
outfit that couldn’t pay my bills, I just couldn’t cope.
I bless God for a good wife, everything got messed up, I was
practically begging to feed. I looked into it, I have been travelling
out of the country since 2007, I told my wife that we have to make a
sacrifice.
I need to move out of the country and seek a greener pasture
and as God would have it, the plans worked out. To the glory of God
today, we are in the US together. I am a Security Guard, a job that
takes care of me, my family and my people back home, while I upgrade my
film-making skill.
I work as a security personnel, I trained to be a Security
Guard and I obtained a guard card, which is the criterium to work as a
guard, and maybe I might own my security company soon too."
No comments:
Post a Comment