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By Brown Chimezie
Janet Offei, a TikTok sensation, popularly known as Erkuahofficial, has advised young content creators to be passion-driven and creative, to stand them out in the skit-making business.
Speaking in Lagos yesterday, she said that the panacea to break even in the skit-making space was creativity and passion.
According to her, she did not just break even over night, but hard work and dedication propelled her to the level she has attained in the comedy space.
“You can’t force it if it’s not for you, you need to be very creative and passionate about comedy skits so that you can stand out.
“One thing is to do a creative video and become popular but you need to be consistent for you to remain relevant in this industry,” she said.
Speaking on how she started making funny videos on social media, Offei, who has over 3.7 million views on Tiktok, 400,000 followers on Instagram and over 100,000 on Facebook, said it all started out of boredom during the COVID-19 era.
She said she had always wanted to do something that will make people laugh around her in school and through her social media handles but not officially until the lockdown was enforced in 2020 as a result of the pandemic.
“I started content making on TikTok in 2020 when the COVID-19 pndemic started. I was so bored and I just wanted to do something creative.
“I started shooting creative videos until I made one particular video with a South-African sound. There were no lyrics, just the beats that I used in my video and it went viral.
“My creative mind-set just told me to do the video and I woke up the next day to see that the video has generated a lot of comments and likes. That was how it all started,” she added.
