Lawyer makes case for law to protect Child Actors

Lawyer, Rockson Igelige has called on the National Assembly to put forth a legal framework for the protection of child actors in the country.
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Iglige in a statement made available to Vanguard said the call was upon the recent invitation by the Senate President Bukola Saraki to popular seven-year old child female comedienne, Emmanuella Samuel, to the upper Legislative Chamber, be a catalyst to putting a proper legal framework for Child Actors in place in Nigeria.
Saying that the invitation and recognition of Emmanuella should be the basis for enactment of a Child Actors’ Law in Nigeria as in other countries cited the California Child Actor’s Bill (also known as Coogan Act or Coogan Bill) designed since 1939 to safeguard a portion of child performers’ earnings for when they enter adulthood.
The lawyer emphasized that a bill such as the Child Actor’s Bill is long overdue in Nigeria adding that such a Bill is necessary as a response to the plight of such successful Child-actors like Emmanuella and others who earn millions of naira only to discover,