Nigerian actor Charles Inojie has revealed the inspiration for the ‘Make We Halla’ campaign to combat domestic violence in Nigeria.
Inojie and Ali Nuhu collaborated in March to inform the public about the nation’s culture of silence on domestic abuse.
Additionally, they posted a video encouraging Nigerians to come forward if they see domestic abuse taking place in their neighbourhoods.
In order to help the campaign, they also urged Nigerians to take part in the #MakeWeHalla challenge.
Speaking in an interview with Wazobia FM, Inojie said he was inspired to initiate the campaign to raise awareness of the need for people to speak up.
Inojie said if people don’t speak up, they will encourage the abuser “to do more”.
He stated it was what drove him and Nuhu to join their voices in the battle against domestic violence,
“When we all keep quiet, the abuser, perpetrator of this act of abuse seems confident to do more. But when we speak up and against the abuse without being violent, it sends a signal to the perpetrator that he should desist,” he said.
“This evokes what prompted myself and Ali to decide to join our voices for this matter. We thought about it and arrived at the fact that we all are guilty if we continue to keep quiet, and watch domestic abuse happen around us.
“’Make We Halla’ is actually a call to action to everybody around to say if you see something that is bad, speak out and do not keep quiet.”
