Famous Yoruba actor, Baba Wande, has finally shed light on why he’s been off the radar. The veteran actor hinted his hiatus from acting and movie productions aren’t in any way deliberate but orchestrated by certain forces in the industry. He was quoted saying, “I have stopped producing movies for now because of the antics of marketers.
Whenever they sell our movies, they don’t give us the money. For the last film I made, Agbabiaka, I had to give it to LTV 8 to sell for me. If I produce any movie now, I would upload it on the Internet and sell it there. I wouldn’t give it to any marketer again. However, whenever I am invited on set, I heed the call and I go there. But let me tell you the fact about why you’ve not been seeing me in movies. Lately, I have stopped appearing in some films and the reason is this. There is an issue among our artistes.
There is ANTP and TAMPAN. The TAMPAN and marketers are working hand-in-hand and they had a meeting where they agreed that anybody who is a member of ANTP should not be invited to any of their sponsored films. That is why they stopped us from being given roles in some movies and we are okay. We will not beg them, I will not beg them, I will stay alone because God is always with me.
I can confirm your fears that segregation that many feared has already been happening in the industry. They have not been inviting us to their movies. But I thank God looking back through all the years. I just returned from America. I was invited for an award, I have not appeared in movies in recent times and still, they didn’t forget me. I thank God.”