Monday 13 June 2016

2016 AMAA dropped Geneieve Nnaji from nomination


Many wondered why one of the Nigerian’s most popular Nollywood actress was not nominated on  the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).


According to the news,Geneieve Nnaji failed to comply with the registration processes at AMAA which led the organizers to exclude her 2015 romance-themed movie Road To Yesterday from all the categories it could have been nominated in.

 A representative at AMAA who spoke on the condition of anonymity explaining that they’d reached the actress a number of times but she wasn’t forth coming with required details on her movie said: “You see, there are several stages to AMAA. We often reach out to potential nominees asking them to fill out forms, submit and comply with a few other steps which aid our selection processes among other things. Genevieve’s non-adherence to our instructions and failure to submit the required responses to AMAA even after she was reached several times led to her exclusion from the nominees list. It’s simple. There couldn’t have been a consideration for her role in the movie Road To Yesterday because she didn’t comply with basic instructions.” The source added that they contacted the movie star several times for almost three weeks, all to no avail. He said: “All we wanted was for her team to send in details about the movie, the video link, the DVD preview copy of the movie Road To Yesterday and a few other details but they never responded. They eventually did after the nominees list came out.” What exactly was their response when they got back to you, what was their tone like? AMAA representative: “Oh they responded just fine, the lady from her camp, her manager, I think Chinny Onwugbenu who co-produced the film, was like ‘Hi, can we still do this? Can we still send in the reply cuz we just got your mail on AMAA’ and all that. “But it was already too late. At AMAA, we keep everything professional and we have certain standards that must be adhered to.

 Her team responded Monday, May 16 and it was already late which is why Genevieve Nnaji didn’t make the AMAA 2016 nominations. AMAA is very reputable and we’ve built an image across Africa. Over the years, we’ve become something like the Oscars of Africa and we try to maintain that standard. With [Genevieve’s] level of professionalism, we’d have thought she’d adhere to the rules but she didn’t.” Efforts by NAIJ.com to reach Genevieve Nnaji’s camp proved abortive as calls were unanswered and messages unreplied.


7 comments:

Moises said...

Pride goes before a fall.
Uti take note.

Zino said...

I told you guys Genny na proud girl thinking she has grown the protocol,sorry for her if she refuses to obey the rules next time.
Thumbs up to Roy,the MBGL was a success.Last night was HAUT.

Caro said...

You looked amazing last night aunty Vivien please you have to blog it Vivien

Tailor Swift's bobo said...

All the judges on the table tried,but why did they omit Ebube from the judge’s table the first time, she looked good too

Gbagu said...

Show the full list of AMAA na,how we wan know who win or not.
Back to the Most beautiful Girl in Lagos last night.
Ebube don dey posh ds days,Roy wanted her to only present her gifts to the winner,since all the judges invited did not show up she was called later to substitute.

Solso said...

Mitchewww. Ebube for substitution? How far Roy,your main person for ds pageant.Loved all the performers,the up coming artiste really represented.
Roy,Roy

Josh said...

Genny na her way,she has learnt a lot on this,you will see next year
this same movie will make a hit and win triple,i trust her.

Miss Yaba was my winner,that is the only queen I know.
Vivien una hear.