Madam Saje and Kanayo O Kanayo will receive the ‘lifetime achievement’ honours at the 2024 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards.
Seun Oloketuyi, the founder of BON Awards, announced the honours in a statement on Friday.
The award event is scheduled to be held on November 24 at the Sugar Factory Film Studios in Ilorin, Kwara.
Speaking about the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award, Oloketuyi said there is a need to celebrate film heroes while they are still alive.
He also expressed excitement about Kwara’s role as the host state of this year’s ceremony.
“Why must we wait till our film heroes are dead to give them awards? Posthumous awards are good, but it is better the recipient is alive to receive the awards,” he said.
Feranmi Olaoye, the executive producer of BON Awards, said Kanayo and Madam Saje, born Fausat Balogun, are “people we grew up watching and they deserve to be celebrated”.
“They inspired the generation we watch now, and they still maintained their stand in the industry. That’s why we have chosen them as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners,” Olaoye said.
Other actors who have won the ‘lifetime achievement’ awards include Adebayo Salami, Toyin Adegbola, and Madam Kofo.
The BON Awards ceremony was first held in December 2009, in Ikeja, Lagos.
It has since continued to be a creative strata for the Nigerian movie industry.
In February, the organisers announced their partnership with Group 8 Ltd, the media firm, for the next five editions of its awards.
