Deyemi Okanlawon reveals Nollywood actors are underpaid

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Deyemi Okanlawon reveals Nollywood actors are underpaid

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Deyemi

Popular Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawon has revealed that Nollywood actors are underpaid. Deyemi is a popular actor known for his roles in movies like sista, the wait and blood sisters. He is married to Damilola Okanlawon. The couple got married in 2013.

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Deyemi and his wife

He has now revealed the major challenge which Nollywood actors are facing. He revealed this during an interview recently on Lights, Camera Stardom, which is a MTV Base Africa programme. He appeared on the show alongside his fellow actor Daniel Etim-Effiong

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Deyemi

He shared that Nollywood actors are not being paid enough. He then shared that the actors themselves are not financially literal enough to make use of what they have maximally.

His co-star Daniel Etim-Effiong also shared that the Nigerian industry doesn’t provide enough for the actors to work with financially and in other areas.

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Daniel Etim-Effiong

Daniel Etim-Effiong is also a merian actor and a film director. He is married to Toyosi Philips. They got married in 2017.


He is known popularly for his role in the nollywood TV series The Men's club. He also features in somewhere movies like Joly Rogers and superstar.