ANA NIGER LAUNCHES 2022 ANA/YUSUF ALI LITERARY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN/ANA 1,000 BOOKS, A BOOK A CHILD CAMPAIGN
By Umar Yogiza Jr.
The Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA, Niger State Chapter on 21st July 2022 in Minna, launched the Association's Literary Awareness and Reading Campaign co-sponsored by Yusuf Ali (SAN), an Ilorin-based Legal Luminary/Disbursement of 1000 books, ANA'S a book a child nationwide campaign.
The 2022 ANA/Yusuf Ali literary campaign/ANA'S A Book A Child Nationwide Campaign in Niger state focuses on selected Secondary Schools, it's divided into three zones, this is for the Minna zone, The two other zones will follow immediately.
Receiving ANA Niger delegation led by the ANA Vice President Hajiya Farida Muhammed is the representative of Niger State Head of Service, Dr. Idris Mohammed Legbo, the Niger State head of Service, through Dr. Idris Mohammed, called on the Federal Government to immediately replicate and expand ANA/Yusuf Ali Literary Awareness Campaign & A Book A Child Nationwide Campaign, it's a revolution, he said, against the decaying reading culture in the country.
Representative of Hajiya Hannatu Jibrin Salihu, the Honourable Commissioner of Education, Niger State, lamented the continued dropping of reading culture in Nigerian Schools, due to basic poor book orientation.
He commended ANA Niger State Chapter for taking the Association's reading awareness campaign/book distribution to the three zones in the State, saying the gesture would enhance the unhindered diminishing love for books and the reading culture across the State.
On her part, ANA Vice President, Hajiya Farida Muhammed, while presenting the books to the selected schools, encouraged the State to immediately replicate in any way the ANA/Yusuf Ali Literary Awareness Campaign & ANA'S A Book A Child Campaign/Book Distribution, She called on the State not to wait on the Federal Government when it comes to improving the standard of education and reading culture in the State, Hajiya Farida Muhammed tasked the schools to take the reading and writing exercise seriously and to encourage the students in documenting their plight in a story or poetry form.
Earlier on, the State Chairman of ANA, Dr. Ndagi Abdullahi had explained that the ANA 1000 books –A Book A Child Campaign & the Literary Awareness and Reading Campaign supported by Mr. Yusuf Ali SAN, and National leadership of ANA was aimed at quickening the creativity of the future movers. He said, promoting literary works and reading culture in secondary schools should be everybody's business, both government and individuals. Dr. Ndagi urged the schools collecting the books to take the exercise seriously, he said, reading and writing is the only bridge into the safe future.
Other ANA officials and dignitaries includes, Alhaji Suleiman Shu'aibu, the Vice President, Kagara Old Students association. ANA Niger, Vice Chairman, Secretary, PRO other officials and the representative of the schools.
