Inside DGN Induction Ceremony 2025

By Isaac Akatah - LAgos, NIgeria

Directors’ Guild of Nigeria (DGN) recently held its annual convention, handing over and formal induction ceremony at Ojez Hotel, Surulere, Lagos State on Wednesday, 16th and Thursday, 17th July 2025

The induction process featured a comprehensive Masterclass on the first day, where veterans in film production like Chief Andy Boyo, took the new inductees through an orientation session, focused on the Guild’s structure, operations, and key initiatives.

The main ceremony on day two, consisted of the launch of the Guild’s Journal, conferment of DGN Fellows and the induction of 125 new directors to the prestigious national body. Dr. Victor Okhai, the DGN outgoing President who leadership has taken the body to greater heights in the last few years also handed over his mantle of leadership to a new EXCO led by Uche Agbo, a UNIZIK graduate of Theatre And Film Studies.