There is an underground
plans by the movie marketers under the aegis of Film and Video Producers and
Marketers Association of Nigeria, FVPMAN, to blacklist Mercy Johnson Okojie,,
in what they call, “ Withdrawing of service from her.” A highly placed source
who disclosed this latest move against the Actress to HVP, said, the
association decided to take this action, following the ‘unbecoming attitude of
the actress as it affects her work.” More after the break
According to our source, members of the association met last Monday, in Onitsha, Anambra State, to fine-tune plans to blacklist the actress who recently returned to Nollywood after months of being away in the United States, where she gave birth to her first child. Shedding more light on the reason for blacklisting the Actress, our source disclosed that the marketers accused Mercy Johnson of forming the habit of disappearing while on location after she has been paid for the job. She was also accused of given them difficult conditions.
According to our source, members of the association met last Monday, in Onitsha, Anambra State, to fine-tune plans to blacklist the actress who recently returned to Nollywood after months of being away in the United States, where she gave birth to her first child. Shedding more light on the reason for blacklisting the Actress, our source disclosed that the marketers accused Mercy Johnson of forming the habit of disappearing while on location after she has been paid for the job. She was also accused of given them difficult conditions.
Mercy Johnson is
currently the highest paid actress in Nollywood. She charges between
N1.8million to N2m to feature in a movie. The others, like Ini and Funke charge
between N700k to N1.2million. However, the source further hinted that the
marketers have vowed to sanction any member who disregard the decision to
blacklist the actress. He also revealed that the leadership of the association
has advised its members to release all the films that Mercy Johnson featured
in, on or before January, 2014.
Meanwhile, efforts to contact Mercy to react to the allegations proved abortive as her cell-phone was permanently switched-off. Recall, however, that upon her return to Nollywood,Mercy was bombarded with several scripts from different marketers and producers who wanted to get her on their movies. This is not the first time the movie marketers association will be placing a ban on actors as Genevieve Nnaji, Ramsey Noah, RMD, Emeka Ike, Jim Iyke and others were blacklisted a couple of years ago for similar reasons.
Meanwhile, efforts to contact Mercy to react to the allegations proved abortive as her cell-phone was permanently switched-off. Recall, however, that upon her return to Nollywood,Mercy was bombarded with several scripts from different marketers and producers who wanted to get her on their movies. This is not the first time the movie marketers association will be placing a ban on actors as Genevieve Nnaji, Ramsey Noah, RMD, Emeka Ike, Jim Iyke and others were blacklisted a couple of years ago for similar reasons.
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