By BENJAMIN NJOKU

All is now set for the third edition of the annual Nollywood Health Convention and Awards billed to hold at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos on Sunday, December 7, 2014.

Victor Osuagwu

The laudable initiative is being powered by the Saving Life for Africa Diabetes Foundation (SLAD) in collaboration with the Victor Osuagwu-led Lagos State chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).

President Goodluck Jonathan will be the special guest of honour at this year’s event. With the theme: “Live Healthy, Perform Better’, this year’s gathering is already serenading practitioners, stakeholders and friends of the nation’s booming entertainment industry.

Among the top music stars expected to thrill guests at the convention include, Tuface Idibia, Timaya, Iyanya, Mr. Raw, Flavour, Phyno, Olamide, Tiwa Savage, Kcee and several others. Interestingly, there will also be an All-Star drama on health at the anticipated gathering of who-is-who in Nollywood.

Expected to deliver papers at the event are Doctors Segun Ogundimu and Uche Ejiofor. In a chat with HVP, notable filmmaker and founder of SLAD, Obi Madubogwu, whose organization is co-promoting and packaging the event with Lagos AGN, called on entertainers to take the issues of their health very seriously.

Speaking further, Madubogwu, who survived a life-threatening sickness as diabetes disclosed that the aim of the convention is basically to promote the health and well-being of Nigerians, especially those living in rural and urban areas.

On why AGN is partnering SLAD for the convention, Mr. Osuagwu stated that as entertainers they placed high premium on the issue of health, especially among its teeming members.