“Speak Up About Fuel Hike” – Kunle Remi Urges Nigerians

Kunle Remi

Nollywood actor Kunle Remi has expressed concern over the rising cost of fuel in Nigeria. He recently had his say via her Instagram page, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, even though he has intentionally tried to stay away from political discussions online, he cannot continue to ignore a situation that is becoming increasingly difficult for citizens.

Kunle added that it is no longer wise to stay silent in the face of immense difficulty in Nigeria.

His words, “I don’t even know how to begin this conversation. Usually, I say things like, I don’t get involved in politics. I don’t talk about politics.

In fact, the country, the industry, a couple of things, make you, they’ll tell you don’t discuss religion or politics or something, and so you fall into that category where you say I don’t like to talk politics.

No, that’s the most stupid statement from anybody in Nigeria right now. We should be discussing, talking about it and trying to fix it. We should be inquiring about what is happening in the nation.

There’s nothing like sitting on the fence. Now it doesn’t make any sense.

Today, I bought fuel, petrol. I bought petrol for one thousand three hundred and something thousand naira. We don’t have light. I don’t understand why Nigeria is one of the first countries to be affected by the war in Iran.

A blessed nation, a country that is a resourceful nation, is complaining about fuel price because we are dependent on one refinery, and even the refineries never got the full support of the government, and then the nation has different refineries that don’t function.

I don’t understand. I’m blown away because I’m mentally stressed, and I can’t even lie. So you don’t have light.

A couple of my staff are letting me understand that to even come to work now is a problem because the transport is hiking, meaning that their salary is not even enough anymore in a very short period.”

WOW.

Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.

The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.

Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.

Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.