Nollywood comic actor and college lecturer, Afeez Oyetoro, better known as Saka, has said there is little or no difference between acting and teaching and thus will not quit one for the other.

Saka, who has appeared in many movie and adverts, including Wedding Party, Ojukokoro and a 2013 MTN advert, teaches drama at the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin in Lagos State.

Saka just finished his tenure as the Head of the Department of Theatre Arts at the institution and, in a The Punch interview, said that he had no plan to quit teaching for a full-blown career in film acting.

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He said,

“There is little or no difference between teaching and acting. I enjoy doing both. When you teach in the classroom, you are officially disseminating information. It is almost the same thing as what an actor does on stage or in a film. An actor entertains and at the same time, passes a message to his audience.

“My work as a teacher of theatre arts enhances my practical methodology. When I go outside the classroom to act in a movie or on stage, I gain additional experience and bring back it to the classroom. Such experience enhances my teaching methodology.”

Asked if his superiors at AOCOED ever had cause to complain about his repeated absence from the classroom, Oyetoro said he had been fortunate to work under a management team that gave its employees enough room for self-development.

“The management of the college of education where I work is a progressive one that encourages the members of its staff to go out and develop themselves. The management will not complain as long as whatever we do does not interfere with the academic work. That is why most of the time I do all the things I do outside the classroom during the holidays or at the weekend. So, if I go outside the institution and come back, I am adding value to what I teach in the classroom.”

“I spend my time judiciously, even outside the classroom. When I am not teaching, especially during my annual leave or the holidays, it is either I am relaxing abroad or I am busy on location somewhere,” he said.

Having paid his dues in the entertainment industry, the actor expressed the desire to start something worthwhile on his own.

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“I have been making some moves for some time now. I am currently working on a television drama series and a movie. I hope to get them ready by the first quarter of 2019. I hope there will be enough support. But, whatever be the case, they will be released next year.”

In addition to the works in progress, Saka, in a rare collaboration with fellow lecturers and students of the Theatre Arts department at AOCE, has concluded the recording of two full-blown programmes for TV.