“It’s none of your business what Nigerian actors earn,” Kanayo O. Kanayo blasts Ghanaian actors

Veteran Nollywood actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has criticised Ghanaian actors who demand the same appearance fees as their Nigerian counterparts before agreeing to feature in the same movie roles.

Fondly called K.O.K., the actor made this statement to Ghanaian media in Accra. He claimed that some local stars insist producers match the rates paid to top Nigerian actors and expressed deep frustration over the practice. He said that this issue even disrupted the specific production he was currently in the country to shoot.

The thespian said, “I am K.O.K. I was among the founding fathers. You now wake up in Ghana… They call KOK to come and act in Ghana; you, Ghanaian boy, will now insist they pay you the same fees as me. It happens even up to today. There is hierarchy even in heaven. In the movie industry, there is hierarchy.

He continued, “Negotiate what you want to be paid. Don’t equate yourself with me. Tell your Ghanaian brothers and sisters, it is not your business what they pay Nigerian actors. Go and negotiate your own, receive it and go and rest, and then you will have peace in your life; otherwise, I will invoke Amadioha.”

Furthermore, he threatened to publicly name the Ghanaian actors involved in making these financial demands. Still, he later rescinded the threat of revealing their identities after being prevailed upon by colleagues at the scene.