#GoodPeopleThings: Ibinabo Sets Up Benevolent Fund To Cater For Veterans Against The Unexpected

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Worried by the embarrassment caused incidentally Nollywood actors beg for cash from members of the public anytime they have serious ailments, the President of the Actors'Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Ibinabo Fiberesima has set up a fund called ‘Benevolent Fund '.

Ibinabo disclosed recently that the fund will support actors who've worked in the entertainment industry and have fallen on hard times. The ex-beauty queen stated that she her position whilst the AGN boss has made her to be concerned in very touching sad stories of some actors'needing funds to cater for themselves.

She expressed joy with just how some influential people in the society have embraced the idea.  “Ironically, members of the general public go through the industry when it comes to success, money and awards, but we all know it's a very precarious profession. You will find yourself in dark periods, if you are ill and feeling very alone.

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" What I earn as an actress can fund my expensive lifestyle". - Nollywood actress Nuella

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Nollywood actress Nuella Njubigbo has been linked to a governor, breaking Chidi Chikere's marriage and recently a footballer. She has denied having anything g to do with either. In this recent interview with PM news, she explains how she's able to afford her expensive lifestyle. I.e, the 8million naira SUV she bought a while back

"I can only speak for myself. I have other businesses that I do by the side. But even if it’s just acting, what I earn can actually get me such car and even live well. Those saying all that, I am not sure they have gone to the market to see the number of movies I have done in the last one year. I have done a lot. In January alone I shot five movies. Even if I am paid just N150,000, multiply it by the amount of movies I have done. Now, multiply that with what I will do in an entire year, of course I can conveniently buy this car. It is funny the way people look at us in this industry and think we are poor people.

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Segun Arinze Gets Ibinabo's Approval To Raise Fund For Ngozi Nwosu

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Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) president, Fiberesima Ibinabo has given her predecessor, Segun Arinze the approval to seek means, along with others in Nollywood, to raise fund for the medical treatment of one of them, Ngozi Nwosu, who is suffering from kidney related diseases and heart problem.

The former AGN president has already sent out an appeal message to his colleagues in the movie industry and the music industry as well to help save the veteran screen icon who is in need of six million naira (N6m) to get medical attention abroad in order to survive.