In a bid to develop the talents of young people, promote African
cultural heritage as well as engaging the youths, Association of Movie
Producers (AMP) is set rto organise its beauty pageant, Prince and
Princess of Nollywood. The project targets young people between the ages
17-25, drawn from across the South-South (Uyo), South East (Enugu),
South West (Ibadan), Central zone (Lagos) and the North (Abuja).
According to the Managing Director Heritage International Ltd and
founder of the pageant, Mr. Tanko Ebute, the pageant is aimed at
projecting the art, culture and tourism activities as well as showcase
the potentials in all the state of the federation and Nigeria at large
through entertainment.
He said, “We want to engage and create employment opportunities for
our teaming youths across the country which is paramount looking at the
unemployment situation in the country and this will be achieved through
setting up of different offices across the country, thereby increasing
the commercial activities of all the hosting zones and Nigeria at
large”.
He also noted that a skills acquisition centre for entrepreneurship
training for youth and women empowerment programmes would be
established, as well as educational support programmes.
President of AMP Mr. Ifeanyi Azodo said the pageant is a welcome
initiative as young talents would be engaged in film production,
directing of plays, recording and waxing of musical shows, dancing,
cinema, and video recording.
Each of the first place winners (male and female) of the pageant at
the zonal level would take home a deep freezer and cash price of
N100,000 while the second and third place winners get flat screen
television sets, N50,000 and home theatre, with a N30,000 cash price
respectively.
However, each winner at the grand finale will get a Toyota Corolla
saloon car, a N500,000 cash prize, with a year acting contact, the
second and third place winners get deep freezers and N300,000 and flat
screen TV with N200,000 cash rewards, respectively.
The Guardian Nigeria
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