The Society of Young Nigerian Writers has expressed readiness to inaugurate Akure Book Club on Saturday, 26th of June, 2021 at Moot Court, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba by 3:00 PM.
This was contained in a press release issued by SYNW President Wole Adedoyin in Ilesa on Tuesday.
According to the release, the need to promote effective reading habits among the general populace of Nigeria has resulted in the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) establishing reading clubs in some notable towns and cities across the country.
Apart from the book clubs, the Read Across Nigeria (RAN), Paperless Book Club (strictly for reading electronic books), National Book Awareness Week, National Book Hub, African Book Week, Children’s Book Week are part of the strategies to ginger up the reading culture in Nigeria.
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In SYNW, we believe reading is a worldwide phenomenon that has the capacity to promote development as well as instill discipline on the individual. In spite of the importance of reading as a culture, it has become obvious that Nigerian children and youth no longer read. They only read when they have examination to write, outside that, reading has no meaning to them.
Akure Book Club hopes to sensitize, revive and promote moribund/dwindling reading culture in Ondo State.
SYNW finally enjoined intending participants, readers and writers in Ondo State to partake in this historical development.
