Funke Akindele returns to street in ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’

Actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele-Bello, has evidently made her mark in the movie industry, and that explains why she is respected by many.

She had captured the hearts and minds of numerous fans with movies and TV series such as ‘Jenifa’, ‘Jenifa’s Diary’, ‘My Siblings and I’, ‘Omo Ghetto’ and ‘Aiyetoro Town. Not one to rest on her laurels, the actress is out with another blockbuster that is sure to wow her fans. Her new movie, ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’, which is a sequel to ‘Omo Ghetto’, started showing in cinemas across the country on Friday, December 25, and with some comments already seen on social media, her admirers are not disappointed.

Continuing from where the first instalment of the film ended, Funke plays the double roles of twin sisters― Lefty and Ayomide. Lefty, who was raised in the ghetto, was eventually adopted by a wealthy woman who had earlier adopted her twin sister. However, Lefty finds it hard to leave the streets and she ends up returning to the fictional ghetto of Askamaya to be with her gang made up of Chummy Choko (Chioma Akpotha), Nicky (Bimbo Thomas) and Busty (Eniola Badmus). She also falls in love with an Internet fraudster, Femi Stone (Deyemi Okanlawon), who eventually betrays her.

Packed with a lot of suspense and action, the movie explores the themes of love, family, Internet fraud, corruption, revenge and poverty. The film also parades a galaxy of stars including Tina Mba, Mercy Aigbe, Timini Egbuson, Nosa Rex, Toke Makinwa, Yemi Alade, Alex Ekubo, Zubby Michaeals, Paschaline Alex and Akah Nnani.

 

 

 

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Makinde, who stated that he was pleased to see that production is ongoing at the plant, said the company is already contributing to the economy of the state by generating revenue, providing jobs and raw materials needed to construct roads. Speaking with reporters shortly after inspecting the site, Makinde said: “We think our strategy is working and you can see it. They are contributing their own quota to the economy of the state. Yes, we are satisfied so far. “It is a public-private partnership model. They are fully in charge. They are planning on expanding the facility so that they can do more. We don’t want pot-holes on our roads. So, this will assist us to achieve that objective.” Earlier, High Chief Ladoja described the now operational plant as a dream come true, berating successive administrations, which abandoned the plant as not being friends of the state, as, according to him, the plant could have helped bring down the cost of road construction materials and also contribute to the economy. “It is a dream come true. The work of the governor is to dream, get people around him to execute the dream. We dreamt and it came into fruition at that tenure and it was working. So, after I left office, there have been two governors who did not remember that the dream must work. “Now that this administration came in, and they made it work, what do you think I should do? How do you think I will feel? I am very happy that my dream did not die. I am happy because when we came in to do it, the slogan then was ‘awo o ka’ju ilu’ [resources are not sufficient to take care of things]. So, in order to make ‘awo ka’ju ilu,’ we decided that we had to bring down the cost of materials. “And, with this project, we were able to bring down the cost of asphalt for the roads. By the grace of God, the price came down and we were able to make more roads during that tenure and the roads are still there for everybody to see. “For anybody to have abandoned this plant when you know that with this, you can reduce the cost of road making, it means you are not really a friend of the state. But I am very happy this is working again and I can assure you that I will give all my support to them to make sure that this thing continues to work. “The people in this area are benefitting. The state is benefitting, because the cost of road construction must have gone down. 100 or 200 people are working and getting their daily meals from there. When we are talking about unemployment, this is part of the solution to it. “I am very grateful to the governor for making sure that it works and I can assure you that I will give support for the continuation of this thing,” Ladoja said.

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