Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has come out to advise Nigerians to vote for the right candidate in the coming elections.

She recently had her say via her social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to her, telling a Nigerian to vote with their conscience ahead of the coming elections is the worst thing to do because we don’t have conscience at all.

Tonto added that she would rather say we should all vote wisely because the next 8 years of our lives depend on it.

Her words, “Telling a Nigerian to vote with their conscience is the worst thing to do because normally we no get conscience.”

“I would rather say vote wisely because the next 8 years of your life and the growth of this great country depends on your choice.”

“We aren’t so wise either but I believe that OUR PAINS, SET BACKS, LACKS AND SUFFERING SHOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF WISDOM.”

Her words,

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.