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Six Decades of Excellence: Celebrating Zik Zulu Okafor's 60th Birthday Journalist, Writer, Movie Producer and Director and Community Worker, Chief Zik Zulu Okafor is unarguably, one of Nigeria's biggest names in the movie industry. Hardly would this industry be mentioned without his personal mention. Thanks to his incaculable contributions. With hard work, fearless Zulu Okafor rose to prominence to occupy a place in Nigeria's entertainment industry, winning the Nigerian Media Merit Awards in Journalism, the first and only Ibusa to win this honour and many other distinctions in film and television. Many of us are overjoyed that the Theatre Arts-trained movie giant is flying the Ibusa kite in the right direction, having taken our name very far with solid examples to the coming generation on the gains of hard work. Today, the achievements of the pioneer President of Guild of Movie Producers and former President of Association of Movie appear to collectively dwarf his young age because the pen and tape spoke in his life. It is important to remember that he has a strong sense of community, which has helped his community, Ibusa, grow socioculturally. He loved Ibusa first and Ibusa loved him back; Ibusa loved him first and he loved back. Whichever, Zik Zulu Okafor and Ibusa are in socio-cultural love. Happy Birthday to Chief Zik Zulu Okafor, the contemporary doyen of the Nigerian movie industry. From Pen Master

 Six Decades of Excellence: Celebrating Zik Zulu Oka For 60th Birthday


Journalist, Writer, Movie Producer and Director and Community Worker, Chief Zik Zulu Okafor is unarguably, one of Nigeria's biggest names in the movie industry. Hardly would this industry be mentioned without his personal mention. Thanks to his incaculable contributions.


With hard work, fearless Zulu Okafor rose to prominence to occupy a place in Nigeria's entertainment industry, winning the Nigerian Media Merit Awards in Journalism, the first and only Ibusa to win this honour and many other distinctions in film and television. 


Many of us are overjoyed that the Theatre Arts-trained movie giant is flying the Ibusa kite in the right direction, having taken our name very far with solid examples to the coming generation on the gains of hard work. 


Today, the achievements of the pioneer President of Guild of Movie Producers and former President of Association of Movie appear to collectively dwarf his young age because the pen and tape spoke in his life.


It is important to remember that he has a strong sense of community, which has helped his community, Ibusa, grow socioculturally. 


He loved Ibusa first and Ibusa loved him back; Ibusa loved him first and he loved back. Whichever, Zik Zulu Okafor and Ibusa are in socio-cultural love. 


Happy Birthday to Chief Zik Zulu Okafor, the contemporary doyen of the Nigerian movie industry. 


From Pen Master


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