Kanayo O Kanayo, Madam Saje bag 2024 BON ‘Lifetime Achievement’ awards

• Veteran actors Kanayo O Kanayo and Madam Saje to receive the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ awards.
• The awards will be presented at the 2024 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards on November 24 at Sugar Factory Film Studios in Ilorin, Kwara State.
• Seun Oloketuyi, founder of BON Awards, announced the honors and emphasized the importance of recognizing film icons while they are alive.
• Notable past winners of the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award are Toyin Adegbola, Madam Kofo, and Adebayo Salami.

Veteran Nollywood actors Kanayo O Kanayo and Fausat Balogun, popularly known as Madam Saje, and  are set to receive ‘Lifetime Achievement’ awards at the 2024 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards.

The awards ceremony will take place on November 24 at the Sugar Factory Film Studios in Ilorin, Kwara State.

The founder of BON Awards, Seun Oloketuyi, made the announcement in a statement on Friday, highlighting the importance of celebrating movie icons while they are still alive.

“Why must we wait until our movie heroes are no longer with us to honor them? Posthumous awards are important, but it’s even more meaningful when they can receive them during their lifetime,” Oloketuyi said in part.

He further emphasized the impact of both actors on Nollywood’s development.

“Fausat Balogun known as Madam Saje and Kanayo are people we grew up watching. They inspired the generation we watch now, and still maintained their stand in the industry. That’s why we chose them as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners,”he added.

Previous recipients of the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award are veteran actors Toyin Adegbola, Madam Kofo, and Adebayo Salami.

In similar news, The Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards has renamed one of its categories after the late gospel singer Sammie Okposo who died on Friday, November 25.

The organizers of the award disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, November 30, announcing that it was renaming its ‘Best Soundtrack Category’ to honour the 51-year-old…