President Goodluck Jonathan was in the news today for presenting his book "My Friend & I" a compilation of his interaction with Nigerian youths on facebook,another aim of the event was also to flag off his book campaign in which he was supported by Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka.
Generally Africans are regarded all over the world as a people that lack a reading culture,hence the saying "if you want to hide something from an African,put it in a book", this is a great shame because for a people to develop,they must have an active reading culture. This lack of knowledge acquisition skill is evident mostly in Nigeria.
Nigerian youths would rather spend their time occupied by mundane activities such as internet browsing for the sake of social networking or watching music videos and movies. Such activities that do not serve as a good use of our time has led to the breeding of lazy youths who lack creativity and intellect,hence the up rise of cyber crime and bribing of lecturers in our universities for extra marks during examinations.
I commend the efforts of President Jonathan in reviving the book culture in Nigeria and I remind youths that "Readers are Leaders", in our bid to promote political and social change in Nigeria,youths would not do justice to their role in the Holistic framework if they fail to acquire a broad knowledge base and instil in themselves qualities such as hard work and a deep hunger for knowledge.
You could begin with novels,history books,philosophical books and books on general knowledge, Nigerian youths must never forget that to stop learning is to die. In conclusion I leave you with the words of Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese- born U.S. Poet which states 'I now want to know all things under the sun,and the moon,too. For all things are beautiful in themselves, and become more beautiful when known to man. Knowledge is Life with wings.'
Read more & Lead better.
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