NOLLYWOOD star actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo also known as RMD, in a recently-held interview, said COVID-19 has influenced a paradigm shift across sectors of the economy and all facet of life.
The paradigm shift, according to him, has come to stay, and as a result, things cannot return to how it used to be.
In the interview with Channels TV, he said; “Things can never return to normal, it will be a new normal. How that new normal will be is what we are still trying to determine. How on earth can things return to how it used to be? even if there is no second wave, or third wave and coronavirus leaves, our hygiene standard has just been bumped up.
“In my case for instance, if journalists come to me later in the year for an interview, I will still have to sanitise the microphone, I will still not let them touch me, I will rather have my PA who has been with me, and I know is okay, to sanitise his hand and do the needful. There is already a major paradigm shift, and you can not turn back the hands of the clock. The level of my hygiene is not something I will ever consider to drop. I have become a lot more careful and cautious about my environment.”
The multiple award-winning veteran role interpreter admitted that the infectious disease’s negative impact on Nigeria’s entertainment industry cannot be overemphasised. According to him, a lot of projects have been called-off, while some have been postponed till next year due to COVID-19.
“Imagine how Nigeria has fared in the last two months, who tells? Look at my office, film productions, cinema houses, look at the amount of investment these guys in Filmone have put together, and you just sit at home, and you are looking at all the buildings and they are all empty. There are people who are working in these places that you have to decide whether or not to let them go and rehire them three to four months later,” he explained.
