A call has gone to governments at all levels to add reading to the school curriculum in the country in an effort to reflect the values, context, needs of the people and promote reading culture among Nigerians.
This charge was given by the Founder of the Sixth Sense Initiative, Mr. Abiodun Lasile while fielding questions on the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State radio station, FUNAAB Radio 89.5FM live interactive programme, Boiling Point.
Mr. Lasile said there was the need for the government to provide more library facilities, where people can read and learn to cultivate and imbibe the reading habit, stressing that writing and reading were key to people’s survival and advancement.
According to him, reading remains a personal habit and aids development, which makes someone that reads to be proud of him or herself.
“There is no excuse to be foolish because we don’t have money. It is not a justification not to read”, he observed.
Mr. Lasile urged parents to cultivate the habit of buying books for their children so as to encourage them to have the passion for reading, even as he called on students to always be determined to learn how to read and understand, and not just go after acquiring certificates as is the case.
He appealed to the government, corporate bodies, and individuals to do more at promoting the reading culture by supporting people with reading initiatives, noting that presently, the nation’s economy does not appear to encourage reading while blaming the poor attitude of people to reading books as being detrimental to both personal and national development.
