It is no longer news that Kwara State has clinched the hosting rights for this year’s edition of the Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards, making it a huge destination for filmmakers around Nigeria and beyond.
Perhaps newsworthy is that the presentation of the hosting rights took place at the prestigious Sugar Factory Film Studios, Ilorin, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s latest utopia for filmmakers and video content creators.
While speaking at the event, Seun Oloketuyi, founder of BON Awards said, ‘‘We are indeed excited to have Kwara as the host for this year’s awards, and we can be sure that it will be a fulfilling experience. What this also means is that BON weekend in November will see about 500 big Nollywood stars storm Kwara for the event, and when they see the welcoming atmosphere and enabling infrastructure, they can be sure that they are in the right place.”
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Receiving the hosting rights of the award, Governor Abdulrazaq said the event will be held at the iconic Sugar Factory Film Studio which has been built to take the Nigerian creative industry to the next level through cutting-edge last mile, post production capabilities.
“We are honoured to be given the hosting rights for this year’s event (Best of Nollywood Award). As you can see, Kwara is ready to dominate the film industry. The intention for this Sugar Factory Film Studio is to take film production in Nigeria to another level.
“What we have seen in Africa and globally is that what we are producing (in Nigeria) are mostly videos.