Bimbo Akintola, a well-known Nollywood actress, has explained why she supported Bola Ahmed Tinubu for President of Nigeria.
To choose the President and Vice President of Nigeria, the 2023 presidential election was held on February 25, 2023.
With 36.61% of the vote and 8,794,726 total votes, Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress candidate, won the disputed election.
Akintola anticipates big things from the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu and is confident that the film industry will get special treatment.
She said, “The Lagos State Government has provided grants to actors and producers. I was on the presidential campaign committee. Asiwaju involved actors and musicians in the committee. His wife is also a big fan of the arts. She even told us (actors) about all the movies she had seen us in. I have nothing against another person (candidate), but I prefer to go with someone whose track record I know.
“I want to know if the person has already worked and will work again. I believe that in the next dispensation a lot of things will be different in the industry. Tinubu works with people he knows to be smart, intellectual, and performers. He has a think tank around him. He never works alone, and Nigeria’s problems cannot be handled by one person.
“I don’t like the idea of feminism, it’s toxic” – Bimbo Akintola declares herself a humanist
Nigerian actress Bimbo Akintola condemned the idea of feminism and walked away from it.
The Nollywood comedian described herself as a humanist, not a feminist. She said her passion was for girls and women.
“MY PASSION FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN DOES NOT MAKE ME A FEMINIST; I AM A HUMANIST,” THE BEAUTIFUL ON-SCREEN DIVA SAID TO PREMIUM TIMES.
“I DON’T LIKE THIS FEMINIST IDEA BECAUSE I THINK THIS WING OF FEMINISM IS EXTREME. IT’S TOXIC. I DON’T WANT TO BE PART OF IT. I want us to realize that you care about humans if you say you are a humanist.
“THIS MEANS EVERY INDIVIDUAL: BOY, GIRL, WOMAN, MAN; EVERYONE. MY NICHE IS WOMEN AND GIRLS AS THERE IS A LOT TO BE DONE REGARDING THIS PROBLEM IN NIGERIA.