Nollywood actors Richard Mofe Damijo, Tony Akposhore, Olu Jacobs and wife Joke Silva were honoured with ‘Lifetime Achievement’ awards.
Dry by Stephanie Linus was named movie of the year.
Nigeria’s Daniel K Daniel, South Africa’s Fulu Mugovhani took home the Best Actor and Best Actress gong respectively.
BUT, somewhere along the line, grave flaws occurred during the ceremony to the disappointment of many guests present and viewers at home. During the night, power failures occurred at the event venue, there were several mistakes with the live TV broadcast and also on the online streaming portal.
It generated several reactions on social media, which the organisers should learn from if it is planning a better edition next year.
TheNETng presents 16 MUST SEE tweets for AMAA organisers…
1.
Let’s be Frank’s it’s been over 10years yet the award show is bellow standard! No improvement #AMAA2016 #AMAA2016LiveInPortHarcourt
— Steven Chuks (@SteveChuks_) June 11, 2016
2.
They need to pick up! Learn from Amvca , Oscars, Globes etc .. They are stagnant with advancement #amaa2016 https://t.co/y7DOO5M0D1
— Steven Chuks (@SteveChuks_) June 11, 2016
3.
Can’t we get award shows without government people taking the front seats and the celebrities in the back roll #AMAA2016
— Valentine onyige (@vonyige) June 11, 2016
4.
#AMAA2016LiveInPortHarcourt Those hosts dey fall hand. The show dry! #AMAA2016
— Ebikudo Festus Obi (@fst4all) June 11, 2016
5.
Pls is anybody watching #Amaa2016 on NTA now? Gosh!!! It’s the most boring Amaa i’ve ever watched!! Chai!!!
— Xeeno Miller (@Geenyzeeny) June 11, 2016
6.
E be like say Lai Muhammad was forced to be in #AMAA2016
— AbdulKadir Umar (@akaay__) June 11, 2016
7.
They should have given the contract to the producers of #AMVCAs to produce instead of this nonsense we’re seeing #AMAA2016LiveInPortHarcourt
— #Unladecima (@franksdonald) June 11, 2016
8.
Everything is just too boring from d presenters to d audience,couple wt d old school channel dat is airing it #AMAA2016LiveInPortHarcourt
— mummy123 (@aderonke_osahon) June 11, 2016
9.
#AMAA2016 refused to evolve and here we are today.
— Alhaji Pablo (@femiTRIPP) June 11, 2016
10.
How do you nominate about 4people as one as against one each..off course they will win #AMAA.. Totally wrong
— THAT1960bo! (@kennethetifa) June 11, 2016
11.
Congrats to all the AMAA winners but shame on all d AMAA organizers. U really shld stop this event for now if u hv no plans 2 make it better
— Niyi Akinmolayan (@niyiakinmolayan) June 12, 2016
12.
AMAA Has 99 Problems & Poor Organization Is ALL Of It! https://t.co/S6LIE8gzL0 pic.twitter.com/O9HBzcp0Yu
— TrueNollywoodStories (@TNSnigeria) June 12, 2016
13.
AMAA How can u judge creative work when you don’t pay attention 2 basic details like names. How can u judge tech quality when u don’t hv it
— Niyi Akinmolayan (@niyiakinmolayan) June 12, 2016
14.
#AMAA2016 has gone severely wrong. No audio, live stage presentation, and a complete mess #BREAKING #LIVE
— Kemi Olunloyo (@HNNAfrica) June 11, 2016
15.
First of all! Why would you run a show on Nepa?? What happened to quality high standard generators? #AMAA2016LiveInPortHarcourt #AMAA2016
— Steven Chuks (@SteveChuks_) June 11, 2016
16.
AMAA Stop giving glory to God. People expected u to fail and u failed woefully. Your God should go and hide in shame. No sugar coating it
— Niyi Akinmolayan (@niyiakinmolayan) June 12, 2016