Hilda Dokubo opens up on why she quit Nollywood

Pretty, talented actress Hilda Dokubo was a screen darling in the 90’s and early 2000’s until she went hiatus and few years later veered into politics. She stormed Nollywood again in 2013 and so far has featured in about 6 movies. Speaking to YI on why she abandoned the big screen, the actress says she only took a break…

“I didn’t stop acting. At least, this year alone, I’ve done six movies. What I did was to slow down. I took a break to go to school, then I got back and a few things had gone not so right. So, I took another break to go and give back to society and ended up serving in my state government.
Then, I got back again and realized that mediocrity had taken centrestage; it had become clamour for money and being used for all the wrong things. I’m not someone cut out for that. Again, I took a break and began to build an institution for training people and then that institution started running and I began to build a team…”

She also opened up on why she relocated to Port Harchourt…

“Em…you go to where they need you most. In Lagos, there are a lot of us who can do a lot. Plus you know that there’s this general saying that the West received education before the South, which may or may not be true. But charity begins at home and whatever you plant at home, be prepared to reap. That’s not to say Lagos is completely off my radar. No! Because some of the kids that I train return to Lagos and some of them actually come in from Lagos to get trained and return. So, in a way, you influence your environment and your community, your state, your nation and the whole objective of this is to be able to build a pool of people that you can say Nigerians can depend on because they will come out dependable.”

Pretty, talented actress Hilda Dokubo was a screen darling in the 90’s and early 2000’s until she went hiatus and few years later veered into politics. She stormed Nollywood again in 2013 and so far has featured in about 6 movies. Speaking to YI on why she abandoned the big screen, the actress says she only took a break…

“I didn’t stop acting. At least, this year alone, I’ve done six movies. What I did was to slow down. I took a break to go to school, then I got back and a few things had gone not so right. So, I took another break to go and give back to society and ended up serving in my state government.
Then, I got back again and realized that mediocrity had taken centrestage; it had become clamour for money and being used for all the wrong things. I’m not someone cut out for that. Again, I took a break and began to build an institution for training people and then that institution started running and I began to build a team…”

She also opened up on why she relocated to Port Harchourt…

“Em…you go to where they need you most. In Lagos, there are a lot of us who can do a lot. Plus you know that there’s this general saying that the West received education before the South, which may or may not be true. But charity begins at home and whatever you plant at home, be prepared to reap. That’s not to say Lagos is completely off my radar. No! Because some of the kids that I train return to Lagos and some of them actually come in from Lagos to get trained and return. So, in a way, you influence your environment and your community, your state, your nation and the whole objective of this is to be able to build a pool of people that you can say Nigerians can depend on because they will come out dependable.”

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