President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Emeka Ike, has reacted to the N3.7bn film village project in Kano State that was cancelled by the Federal Government.
Ike said it was unfortunate that such a laudable project had to be stopped because clerics in the state kicked against it, adding that those who called for the cancellation of the project are ignorant.
Speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, the controversial actor said, “I think it is ignorance on the part of anybody who kicks against the establishment of a film village in the North. These people forget that if the film village is established in Kano, it could help propagate Islam. Through movie making, drama, musicals, they could actually preach to the world the doctrine of Islam.