Film critic, Shaibu bags award from Germany

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October 18, 2014
By BENJAMIN NJOKU
Source: Vanguard – Home Video People
The contributions of culture and film critic, Shaibu Husseini to the growth and development of Nollywood film industry has been recognized by the organisers of the annual Nollywood Film Festival, Germany (NFFG).
Shaibu, a widely travelled culture journalist was awarded the ‘Best Film Journalist and Nollywood Critic Award’ by the organisers of the festival at a special gala and award night which held recently at the SaalBau event centre, Frankfurt, Germany.

Others who were honoured at the well-attended award ceremony include popular Nollywood actress Patience Ozokwo, notable comic actor Victor Osuagwu, Publisher of High Society Magazine Charles Nwagbara and Managing Director of Richfield Technologies Limited Donald Peterson

Festival director and Chief Executive Officer of Ehizoya Golden Entertainment Isaac Izoya explained that the award ceremony was instituted to honour distinguished off and on screen personalities who in the words of Izoya have contributed immensely to the popularity and development of the Nollywood industry.

‘’Though we may be operating from abroad, we are still conversant with what is going on in Nollywood and the award is our own way of saying thank you to all those who are helping to keep the flame of Nollywood burning and the people we are recognizing this year form part of those who have helped to internationalize Nollywood’ Izoya said.

Speaking on the award to Shaibu, Izoya who is regarded as the Nigerian Cultural Ambassador to Europe stated that the award was long overdue because Ehizoya Entertainment Limited-the main facilitators of the festival have been following his work as a film journalist for over a decade and half now.