Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade, has been recognized for his contribution towards the entertainment industry by the organizers of Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival . He will be honoured on September 10 in the United States of America.
Some weeks back, Ayade started Cross River’s movie industry called Callywood. Ayade will be presented with the magazine’s highest category award; the Image Award. The event will hold at the Nokia Center, Los Angeles during the annual Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival.
Mr. Prather Jackson, the Publisher of the magazine said the governor deserved the award. “We are impressed by Governor Ben Ayade’s great works which include Callywood Film Industry, the superhighway, monorail, Carnival Calabar and most overwhelmingly, the Calabar Garment factory which is said to be the largest in Africa,”
He also said “Governor Ayade’s incorporation of Callywood film industry and appointment of Turning Point film producer Egor Efiok to run is of immense joy to us. It is in line with what we do over here and we are looking forward to collaborations and to visit Calabar to cover the making of first Callywood film.We also understand that Governor Ayade is publicly rated as the performing governor in Nigeria and HWMFF is truly honoured to have him as our special guest of honour.”
Johnson concluded that : “We will feature everything in our special film festival magazine edition with Governor Ayade on the cover holding the Image Award. We envision that this would garner more general interest in Governor Ayade, who doubles as the Commissioner of Culture and Tourism and the Governor of Cross River State.”
