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L-A-G-O-S F-A-I-R

BY  ADEDAMOLA OWONIFARI

AND ABDULMUMINI ADEKU

The attention of  the entire global community as it concerns Literary Arts is now on Nigeria where the 14^th Nigerian International Book Fair is opening at about now in Lagos.

At its recent world Press Conference held in Lagos,The Chairman of the Nigerian International Book Fair,Alhaji Rilwanu Abdulsalam said that a lot of exhibitors were been expected from as far as places like Pakistan, India, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates ,Ghana, Germany among other places as the book fair continues to get bigger yearly.

Alhaji Abdusalam said that part of the problems the book publishing industry was facing at the moment was the fact that the youths were not been properly empowered by stakeholders.

He assured that each year ,the theme for each edition was chosen by the Board of Trustees for  the fair based on special situations on hand at each time.

In his own submission,The Executive Secretary of the body,Mr Biodun Omotubi said that there radio  jingles and other forms of commercials targeted at increasing the publicity for the fair will soon go on air .

He told the gathering at the event that there were other regional initiatives targeted at meeting the demands of book fair enthusiasts who could not make it to the Lagos International Fair .

It was learnt that part of the ideals of project was in making sure that the Nigerian child sees reading as a legacy for the future.