Nigeria’s Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has paid a visit to actor and filmmaker, Zack Orji, days after he slumped and underwent a brain surgery.
According to her, Zack had the brain surgery in a private hospital in Wuse, Abuja, on January 1, 2024, but seriously needs our prayers and support.
In a statement issued by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Nneka Anibeze, she prayed that “God will heal him and he will be well. We will do all we can to support him. We solicit the collective prayers of Nigerians because he is like a part of our families. We have watched him entertain us and we see him as a national treasure. So, the best we can do is to ensure that we support him to have the best treatment.
“We will reach out to other well-meaning Nigerians to support Zack Orji through prayers and other means available to ensure that he survives this ailment.
“This is not only about the ministry which I am representing. You know that Zack Orji has been in the industry for decades. This is a man who has given his time and effort to entertain Nigerians.
“He is one of the individuals who laid the foundation for Nollywood and the film industry in Nigeria, but now he is sick and the least we can do as an administration is to give him all the necessary support through prayers and otherwise to ensure that we save his life.
“This will also propel the administration to look at the welfare of artistes and others in the industry who have not only given their time and energy, but people like Zack Orji who have become national treasures”.
Zack Orji, married to Ngozi, also an actress and singer, is a father of three. 64 years of age and from Enugu State, the gentleman-actor slumped on New Year’s Eve and was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit of the National Hospital in Abuja, before being transferred to a private hospital for a brain surgery.
Fans and family members have been praying for his soonest recovery.