{"id":14257,"date":"2026-04-06T06:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typicalnaija.ng\/?p=14257"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:36:19","slug":"why-most-of-my-colleagues-struggle-financially-legendary-actress-patience-ozokwor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typicalnaija.ng\/?p=14257","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Why most of my colleagues struggle financially&#8221; &#8211; Legendary actress Patience Ozokwor"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-82536\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.val9ja.com\/@harrison\/\">                  <img alt src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/230065299a1da65655f6f15327f55db3589cded3e98a2dc0ee4611bdc89b48da?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"48\" width=\"48\" decoding=\"async\">            <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.val9ja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Patience-Ozokwor-2023-Nollywire1.webp\" alt decoding=\"async\"  ><\/figure>\n<p>Nigerian legendary actress, Patience Ozokwor, has revealed the peak reasons why most of her colleagues struggle financially.<\/p>\n<p>The iconic actress who recently appeared on an admitted interview lectured curious fans through why most of her colleagues suffer financially in Nollywood.<\/p>\n<p>According her utterances, most of the cast they portray is temporary pay, which strips them with their possible royalties. He confirmed that they don\u2019t earn royalties. Instead, they are paid temporarily for their supposed casts. This would, in return, drain their finances.<\/p>\n<p>She made reference with Hollywood, who offer royalties to their actresses and actors, which in turn keep generating them income daily even at the point of death. Unlike Nollywood, their actors\/actresses don\u2019t receive royalties.<\/p>\n<p>She added that this is one of the vital reasons why most of her colleagues now prefer YouTube to their random casts, which offers a temporary payment.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe reason why Nollywood actors and actresses are poor is because we don\u2019t get Royalties for what we do, we only get paid for our appearance at the shoot. Go and look at the smallest actors in developed countries. Every work dey do fetch them money everyday of their lives. Even when they are gone, their families still live on that. We, we are still working hard. That\u2019s why everyone is running to Youtube\u201d<\/em> Her words.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians couldn\u2019t hold their nerves and reacted massively on all social platforms according to their views.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe reason why Nollywood actors and actresses are poor is because we don\u2019t get Royalties for what we do, we only get paid for our appearance at the shoot. That\u2019s why everyone is running to Youtube\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patience Ozokwo says &#x1f926;&#x1f3fe;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YC9t4wYMCe\">pic.twitter.com\/YC9t4wYMCe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SKB (@seyikanbai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seyikanbai\/status\/2040489896863805719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian legendary actress, Patience Ozokwor, has revealed the peak reasons why most of her colleagues struggle financially. The iconic actress who recently appeared on an admitted interview lectured curious fans through why most of her colleagues suffer financially in Nollywood. 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