Actor Segun Arinze shares how he made his first N1,000 at 21

Veteran actor Segun Arinze has disclosed how he earned his first N1,000 in 1987 at the age of 21.

The thespian earned money through a voice over gig with renowned broadcaster, Soni Irabor.

The 58-year-old movie star shared his journey into the voice-over industry, revealing that Irabor introduced him to voice acting.

Segun Arinze, a veteran actor, has disclosed how he made his first N1,000 in 1987, at the age of 21.

The actor claimed he made the money from a voice-over industry he got from ace and renowned broadcaster Soni Irabor.

The 58-year-old actor, who spoke about his debut into the voice-over industry, revealed that Irabor introduced him to voice acting.

During a recent interview with Biola Bayo on the ‘TalktoB’ podcast, Arinze, who began his career as a musician, fondly remembered being paid N1,000 for his first voice-over assignment in the late 1980s.

“Soni Irabor walks in someday and he was looking for voice-over artiste. There was nobody around that day then he heard me speak,” he said.

“Then he said ‘You can do the voice’ Really? I cannot, he said ‘Yes, you can and I will see what you do’. And I did the voice-over. He paid me N1000. That was 1987. N1000 for just doing (voice-over). I said this is big. Coloured TV was N500 at that time.”

He also revealed that his father opposed him studying performing arts at university because he wanted him to become a lawyer.