National Library urges stakeholders to promote reading culture
The National Library of Nigeria has called on stakeholders in the book ecosystem to continue encouraging the reading culture to promote sustainable national development.
NLN chief executive Chinwe Anunobi made the call on Tuesday at the formal presentation of the 2025 Abuja Book City Logo in Abuja.
The 2025 Abuja Book City Logo is themed, ‘Reading, a Unifying Factor’.
The Network of Book Clubs and Reading Culture Promoters in Nigeria organised the event in collaboration with the Nigerian Copyright Commission, the Association of Nigerian Authors, the Nigerian Book Fair Trust, and others.
Mr Anunobi said there was a need to strengthen literacy awareness, noting that a literate nation is a developed nation.
“The selection of Abuja as a book city is an attestation to the commitment of stakeholders to the importance of reading. The event will elevate the importance of reading and position Abuja as a hub to amplify the reading promotion mandate,” she said.
On his part, the coordinator of the Abuja Chapter of NBRP, Loye Olowookere, called on stakeholders in the book ecosystem to join hands with the network to achieve the core mandate of making more Nigerians read.
Ms Olowookere said following the establishment of the chapter, the network participated in the bid for the 2025 Book City. He said the bid was successful, and they were pronounced as the Book City for 2025.
He explained that unveiling the logo was the formal take-off of the activities lined up for the 2025 Book City Project. He said the event would facilitate the establishment of book clubs in the six area councils of the FCT under the 774 book clubs project of the NBRP.
He, therefore, said the event, which would take place on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, would draw stakeholders from the education sector on ways to entrench reading culture among the Nigerian populace.
Also, the Nigerian Library Association president, Pastor Dominic Omokaro, commended the laudable achievement of NBRP for bidding and winning the Book City for 2025.
Mr Omokaro said the initiative would galvanise interest by locals as well as leadership in Nigeria in promoting reading culture.
(NAN)
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