Chico Ejiro

Chico Ejiro (born Chico Aziakpono; died 25 December 2020) was a Nigerian movie director, screenwriter, and producer. Little was known about Ejiro other than he was born in Isoko, Delta, Nigeria; he originally studied agriculture; and he was drawn into video production because Nigerians would not buy blank video cassettes. His enormous body of work was typical of the second generation that started in the 1990s when cheap video-production equipment became available in the country. He owned a production company called Grand Touch Pictures, which is based in Lagos.

Quotes

• There is no special feeling, just the same thing, the same you. But you just have to tell yourself you are getting older. So, you have to think before you act because you are old. Everybody is looking at you. You need to be more responsible for your words, your actions, your deeds.
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• No, I don’t. I feel the same me. The same way I woke up when I was 39, is the same way I wake up at 40. I just feel good.
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• I will say it is the grace of God. Then, I have made up my mind to be happy, not to let anything bother me. I give myself good rest of mind, no matter what.
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• No, no regret at all. God has been so good to me. I don’t have any cause to regret.
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• Life has taught me how to deal with issues concerning friends and marriage, concerning the kids and myself. I found out that a lot of people out there pretend to be who they are not. I think one of the gifts I ask from God is discernment. If I have a friend around me, I will stay close, watch where the person is coming from and I am always 90 per cent right about such person. This is an open place, you don’t know who has a good intention and those with a negative one. You just have an open heart and be very careful. I study people a lot before I get close to them.
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• I don’t have any. I am someone who takes each day as it comes. I think it works for me, I just go with the flow.
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• To lose weight, when I had my baby I added so much weight. In fact, I was 124kg, so I started going to the gym. I said before I am 40, I should lose substantial weight, thank God I was able to achieve it. That was the only goal I set for myself.
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• God should continue to keep me alive, take care of my children, my home. He should also help my business to grow as well.
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