The Nationwide Library of Nigeria on Thursday canvassed for the reintroduction of studying hours in timetables of colleges national.
The Librarian, Prof. Veronica Anunobi, said this throughout the initiation of the 2024 Annual Readership Promotion marketing campaign which used to be held in Abuja.
Consistent with Anunobi, the proposal along many others modes a part of the plan to safeguard that there’s no lack of studying tradition in Nigerian nation.
“ In a bid to “Catch Them Young,” this marketing campaign prioritizes pupils and scholars in secondary and number one colleges, in addition to the ones in Dried-to-Achieve Communities.
“In earlier campaigns, we have now reached Internally Displaced Individuals camps, Nigerian Correctional Facilities, artisans, marketplace teams, hospitals, and motor landscapes, underscoring our constancy to creating studying out there to all areas of nation thereby engendering inclusivity.
“Our efforts in reinvigorating reading among Nigerians are multi-faceted. We are advocating for the institution of a National Reading Day and the reintroduction of reading hours into the timetables of all basic and secondary schools across the country.”
She added, “Moreover, our climate branches are actively inauguration studying golf equipment national (94 studying golf equipment are already energetic with extra coming sooner than the top of the past).
“We also are modernizing the outlook of our branches to manufacture inviting and tasty studying environments, enforcing pristine prototype structures day renovating current ones.
“Those branches don’t seem to be simplest stocked with Nigeria’s highbrow heritages via prison cupboard publications but in addition with assets adapted to the desires in their host communities, according to thorough society wishes tests.
“Furthermore, our branches serve as reading hubs, both physically and virtually, with access to a wide range of online resources available 24/7, ensuring that Nigerians can engage with reading materials at any time while reading beyond boundaries.”