Glover Memorial Hall Should Be Renamed Olu Jacobs Memorial Hall in memorial tribute to the great Nigerian actor, Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, MFR (11 July 1942 – 16 September 2026).
He deserves the honour for his outstanding legacy in the history of Nigerian film industry.
He had an illustrious career as an accomplished actor in England before returning to Nigeria to contribute to the advancement of Nigerian cinema and became one of the founding fathers of the phenomenal Nollywood, the largest film industry in Africa.
In 2007, Jacobs won the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for Best Actor in a Leading Role.He received the Industry Merit Award for outstanding achievements in acting at the 2013 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) and the MAA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. He was conferred the national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic in 2011 by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR.
See his biography on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olu_Jacobs
The colonial era of the Glover Memorial Hall named in honour of Sir John Hawley Glover, who served as the Governor of the Lagos Colony is gone since the Independence of Nigeria on October 1, 1960.
The Glover Memorial Hall is already under the management of the wife of Olu Jacobs, veteran actress Mrs. Joke Silva-Jacobs and their Lufodo Academy, keeping its legacy alive with consistent theatrical plays, musical events, and studio sessions. Therefore, it will be noble for the hall to be renamed the Olu Jacobs Memorial Hall as a monument of his legacy.
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