The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has denied abandoning its ailing member, John Okafor a.k.a Mr Ibu, who is battling an undisclosed illness in a Lagos hospital.
In a statement signed on Friday by AGN’s Director of Communications, Kate Henshaw, the Guild disclosed health insurance plans made available to its members.
“We want to set the record straight over the public outcry that the guild and his colleagues have abandoned him at his point of need.
“The guild has never abandoned any of its members in need especially with health interventions. We have been in the forefront of providing necessary support to Mr Ibu even before his health condition was ever made public. This has been done with the full knowledge of his immediate family members,” she stated.
According to the statement, the national president of AGN, Ezezie Emeka Rollins, secured an affordable retail health management organization (HMO) with over 600 hospitals across the country to enable members access quality healthcare.
“The President went further to launch the trust fund where funds were raised to support the sick and incapacitated members as well as bereaved families under the supervision of Ms Joke Silva,” she explained.
The Guild added that members have access to the healthcare services if they take advantage of it.
