Food For Thought: Rahama Sadau Was Expelled From Kannywood For Hugging In A Music Video But Ali Nuhu Gets No Sanction For Kissing

Yesterday, The Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria yesterday announced they have expelled top Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau, from the Hausa film industry because she featured in a romantic musical video by Jos born singer, ClassiQ where she hugged and cuddled the music artist.
See the video below:

Interestingly, her colleague Ali Nuhu has featured in romantic movies even sometimes kissing is some, yet has not gotten any public sanction?

Isn’t this double standards and gender discrimination on the part of The Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria? Or is Ali not a Kannywood actor? Someone needs to help clarify why Rahama deserved to the expelled.

Despite everything(the general consensus is that she did nothing immoral in the video) Rahama has released a statement in which she apologized.

She wrote:

“Following the events of the last few days and MOPPAN’s unilateral

decision to exclude me from the Hausa indigenous film industry, known

as Kannywood, I would like to use this medium to address my fans,

friends, those who have been affected and all who have shown concern. To those who I have offended in any way, shape or form and who I have

caused any anxiety by featuring in the said music video, I sincerely

apologise. It was a job and I was carrying out my role in my profession,

as I would in any other production, be it a Hausa language film or a

Nollywood production. However, innocuous touching with other people in

my line of work is inevitable.

I have lines that I would never cross and indeed I live and stand by the

tenets, “actions are judged according to intentions”. The outcome of the events that have taken place has come as a surprise

to us all. I may have fallen short of some people’s expectations, but it was

never my intention. I make no excuses for my actions and I take full

responsibility.

Thank you to all those who have reached out at this time and to everyone

in general for your unwavering support. Your passion and loyalty hasn’t

gone unnoticed and I am privileged to have your support. This, I do not

take for granted and I want nothing more than to continue making you all

proud. I implore us all to be more tolerant and forgiving towards one another

and to cease all the senseless abuse, name-calling and backbiting. This

achieves nothing other than to cause a huge divide amongst us. May we

all continue to benefit from the Almighty’s mercy and may He protect and

guide us all as we go about our daily lives.

#RahamaSadau’

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