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| THE ORGANIZERS AND THE PARTICIPANTS |
Incorporated
Trustee Non-Governmental Organization- Read,
Educate And Developers (READERS) Club with the registration number 102663
in the Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria has been officially launched in
Lagos State at the auditorium of St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka on March 1, 2018 which also marks the 21st anniversary of the world
book day.
Information
has it that the organizers deliberately choose world book day in an effort to
create more awareness that reading does not have to be boring; it can be fun.
This they believe is the only way to spark interest for books in this new world
of video games and entertainment on the go affecting most of our youth and many
students in other schools as well.
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| THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES- READERS CLUB |
The
official launch and re-launch in St. Finbarr’s College was organized by the
members of the board of trustees, who founded the Readers Club in 1986 whilst
they were students of St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka, Lagos and grew its
membership to other schools. The members of board of trustee present at the
launch/re-launch were Mr. Dare Tanimomo,
Mr. Babajide Fagade, Mr. Anietor Obemeata, Mr. Emmanuel Frey, Mr. Kanbi Owolabi
and Chief Oluwafela Ajayi.
“In
view of the dwindling reading culture amongst teenagers today, we, the founding
members of the club, got back together and decided to re-launch the club in
order to revive the reading culture amongst the youth and to impact the coming
generation, as we believe that Readers Are Leaders!” disclosed Chief Oluwafela Ajayi, Chairman, Board of
Trustee.
In
the spirit of lauch/re-launch for the club, so many schools were invited to
participate but only the representative of St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka and the
Methodist Girls High School were present at the laudable event that created an
enabling environment for fresh reading, interaction and connection between the
NGO and the notable schools present.
Checks
have it that the launch/re-launch was a memorable event with the Career Talk,
Reading Actions and Quiz Competition between Methodist Girls High School and
St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka Lagos. The
Methodist Girls High School was represented by Omoniyi Temiloluwa and Ojo
Glory under the supervision of Mrs
Ukato Obazele I.C, and St. Finbarr’s College by Mbata Daniel and Abraham Victor under the supervision of Mrs Ezetendu Genevive.
The
quiz based on the Nigerian national schools accepted literature book called Othello was won by the Methodist Girls
High School and a Cheque of N20,000
as the cash prize was given to them as the winner and N10,000 to St. Finbarr’s College by Eventrade International Limited owned by one of the members of the
club’s board of trustee.
The
aims and objective of the Readers Club are: To promote a reading culture
amongst Nigerians, Establish Readers Clubs in schools and other institutions,
Organize courses and events, Work with other groups and exchange of information
and To revive a reading culture by taking over moribund reading facilities
across the country.
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| CHIEF OLUWAFELA AJAYI & THE QUIZ WINNER-METHODIST GIRLS HIGH |
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| CHIEF OLUWAFELA AJAYI & ST. FINBARR'S COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE |
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