Information minister Lai Mohammed has expressed shock over the death of the Africa Movie Academy Awards’ founder, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Mr Mohammed said the best tribute that could be paid to the deceased was to keep her dream alive through the sustenance of AMMA.

In the statement, the minister expressed shock and sadness over the passing of the creative amazon.

Mr Mohammed described the deceased as “a legend, strong and positive force in the nation’s creative Industry.’’ He said the deceased’s contributions to the entertainment industry, in general, and the film industry, in particular, were the stuff of legends.

The minister commiserated with the deceased’s family, friends and associates and prayed to God to give them strength and comfort and grant repose to the departed’s soul.

Ms Anyiam-Osigwe was reported dead on January 9 in a hospital in Lagos state.

Born in 1969 to the Anyiam-Osigwe family in Nkwerre, Imo, she was the only girl in a family of eight children. She had a degree in law and political science from Oxford Brookes University.

She was a filmmaker and entertainment executive called “the queen of Nollywood films.’’ She was said to have pioneered the screening of Nollywood films at international film festivals. 

(NAN)