“You have carved your name on a rock, and it can never be erased” – Tobi Makinde pours encomium on Funke Akindele

Tobi Makinde, a Nollywood actor and film director, has lavished praise on his boss, Funke Akindele, following her box office success.

According to Kemi Filani, Funke Akindele broke a record for the Nigerian film industry by becoming the first Nollywood film to gross a billion naira in such a short amount of time.

Funke Akindele amassed a fortune of one billion, sixty million, seven hundred and eleven thousand, four hundred and ninety-one dollars.

Funke Akindele’s films, A Tribe Called Judah, Battle On Buka Street, and Omo Ghetto The Saga, are now the highest-earning Nollywood films of all time, according to the Wikipedia Nollywood grossing table.

“You have carved your name on a rock, and it can never be erased” - Tobi Makinde pours encomium on Funke Akindele
Funke Akindele, Nigerian filmmaker. source: Instagram

Following this, Tobi, one of the film’s directors, praised her for being an Amazon on his Instagram page.  He stated that the filmmaker has carved her name on a rock and it can never be erased.

He added that she is a testament that you can be whoever you want to be and achieve excellence as long as you put God first and he is determined.

It is done! It is completed! A new benchmark! A “major” milestone… Another testament that you can be whoever you wanna be and achieve excellence as long as you put God first and be determined.

OLORUN TO LAGBARA, OSHUBARE MAA RE O…. Congratulations to the Amazon herself @funkejenifaakindele
You have carved your name on rock!! It can never be erased… 1 billion is not a joke! E get why we Dey talk”.

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