WALE OKEDIRAN RELEASES MOVIE TRAILER AHEAD OF NOVEMBER 28
Dr. Wale Okediran, a former president
of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), has unveiled the official trailer for
the new live-action adaptation of his award winning book, the Tenant of the
house. The book, Tenants of the house is a fictional representation of the
happenings in the House of Representatives, the second highest legislative
council in Nigeria. The events chronicled took place between the years 2004 and
2007. These include the aborted impeachment move of the then Speaker of the
House and subsequent attempts at a bogus constitutional amendment in order to
extend the tenure of the executive arm of government.
Okediran develops several
character portraits through which he establishes the strengths and weaknesses
found in the legislative and executive arms of government in Nigeria.
The premiere of the
movie will take place at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja on November 28. The film was
produced by Okediran’s consultancy outfit, Promero Counsults and featured
prominent movie stars such as Kunle Afolayan as Director as well as several
notable Nollywood and Kanny wood actors and actresses. “
Important personalities
expected at the movie premiere include: Professor Ibrahim Gambari (CHAIRMAN);
Professor Wole Soyinka; Profesor Chidi Odinkalu; Dr Kayode Fayemi, Kaduna State
governor, Nasir El Rufai; Dr Andrew Kwasari (National Livestock
Transformation Plan) Innocent Chukuma (Ford Foundation), Uche Nwuka (Bank Of
Industry) Rasheedat Okoduwa (ICPC), Kemi Okenyodo (Nigeria Policing Program),
Hidayat Hassan (CDD) and the Representative of the US Embassy.
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