THE PROMOTION OF READING AND RESEARCH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - KANO BOOK FAIR 2021
Today 5th of October 2021 marks the opening ceremony of the maiden three-day Book Fair in Kano and it was Professor Yusuf Adamu that presented a speech titled "The Promotion of Reading and Research for Sustainable Development." I therefore feel the urge to share some takeaway from the oceans he took us for the dive to create a multiplicity of the message though concentrating on the reading culture aspect of it. Prof. emphasized that reading must be inculcated from childhood, and we must make kids and students understand that we read to learn, we read to understand, we read to be enlightened and much more. We don't just read to pass exams; this is a key to changing our mindset towards reading culture. Prof. further registered his lamentation that most houses do have a dining area but hardly a reading area or rather library, yet at the end, owing to Hausa tradition where most families sit together to eat on the floor, the dining area subsequently becomes an assignment area....