Veteran Nollywood Actresses Who Backed Government Now Silent Amid #EndBadGovernance Protests, Says Actor Damilare Olaiya

Nollywood actor Damilare Olaiya has voiced his strong opinions and solidarity regarding the widespread protests against lousy governance across Nigeria. In a recent interview with News Central,Olaiya revealed that many veteran actresses who supported the current government are now avoiding public backlash by hiding their faces and disabling their social media comment sections.

Olaiya emphasised the urgency of addressing lousy governance in Nigeria, asserting, “We are saying that bad governance must end. The problems of Nigeria are not intractable. They are human problems, and we can solve them if we end bad governance, bad leaders.”

He noted the noticeable silence of some of his colleagues, stating,

For my colleagues, a lot of them that have taken the side of government, their comment sections have been put off. I do not want to mention names. Some veteran Nollywood actresses who supported this government are hiding their faces today. They cannot get the backlash from Nigerians.

Expressing his lifelong dedication to the cause, Olaiya shared, “I have continuously fought, from the time I was an undergraduate, to the time before I got married, to the time I got married, to the time I had my children, to the time my children started having their children. Today, I am a grandfather; I am still in this struggle. Even if they end our lives, bad governance must end. We are prepared to die.”

He also addressed the #EndSARS protests of 2020 in Nigeria, stating categorically that it was the government that sponsored thugs to attack protesters. “For the #EndSARS protest, the world knows that it was the government that sponsored thugs, put them in Lagos BRT vehicles to come to attack protesters. You can see now that we are peaceful, singing that bad governance must end.”

In a powerful conclusion, Olaiya expressed his readiness to sacrifice his life for a better Nigeria, stating, “If the government wants to tell the soldiers to start shooting us, we will die, but we know that the soldiers too will die one day. The people that send them too will die. This life that I have is for Nigeria, for my children’s children, and I am ready to die if need be.”

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