After 34 years hiatus, “Village Headmaster”, the one-time Nigerian first longest-running TV drama series, has now been repackaged and will be shown on three local television stations.
This was disclosed on Friday at the relaunch and private screening of the repackaged drama series in Abuja.
Set in Oja, a fictitious Yoruba village, the series is woven around the lives of the villagers from royalty to the commoners, education, etc.
The Director-General of Nigeria Television Authority, Yakubu Ibn Mohammed, recalled that before the series went off screen decades back, it captivated viewers and was addictive to many in those days.
He said the series was brought back to reenact the characters, bring back the moral values, national unity and cohesion it taught in those days.
Ibn- Mohammed expressed regrets that some of the original cast of the series had passed on and not available to witness the rebirth of the iconic series.
He said prominent among them included late Chief Segun Olusola, former Nigeria Ambassador to Ethiopia, who created the series as a member of staff of the then Western Nigeria Television, Ibadan.
He said the new cast is super-packed with the choicest names in the movie industry including some of the founding members of the series, notably, Dejumo Lewis as Kabiyesi, Alison Ibrahim as Amebo, Dan Imodu as Dagbolu and Dele Osawe as Teacher Fadile.
Other prominent members of the cast included Popular musician 9ice, Mr Latin, Funky Mallam, Jide Kosoko, Okele, Omo Ibadan and Fathia Balogun.
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