Textbooks and writing materials worth over N150,000 have been donated to the inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Awka Custodial Centre, by the Anambra State Library Board in collaboration with the Nigeria Library Association (NLA), Anambra State Chapter.
Also donated to the inmates are different toiletries in commemoration of the 2023 World Book and Copyright Day.
Addressing the inmates, the acting director, Anambra State Library Board, Mrs Obioma Obalum, said that the gesture was aimed at helping the inmates to build their intellectual capacity.
According to Mrs Obalum, World Book and Copyright Day, which is celebrated yearly on April 23, was set aside by UNESCO to discuss about authors, books, copyright and reading as well as to encourage the inmates to improve on their reading culture by reading two too three books a day so as to widen their knowledge.
The state chairman of NLA, Dr Ngozi Osuchukwu, who spoke on the theme of this year’s celebration, ‘Indigenous Language,’ urged the inmates to always promote their mother tongue, especially the Igbo language to save it from extinction.
Responding, the assistant comptroller in charge of Awka Custodial Centre, Reverend Solomon Mbah, commended the team for celebrating the day with them noting that reading is very essential to life.
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