Bayelsa First Lady Harps On Discipline, Reading Culture Amongst Youths

Hon. Justice Patience Diri, wife of Bayelsa Governor, has encouraged youths to discipline themselves through reading quality literature.
Diri, who spoke at the unveiling of the book, “When Tomorrow Beckons” and the fund raiser for Spelling Bee Bayelsa, commended the author for the courage and discipline she showed in writing the book and her encouragement to young people to be disciplined through reading books.
“My father who was a journalist always encouraged us to read newspapers and good literature books during our days when growing up as teenagers.
“Books are unique and it shapes memories that live forever than life itself that sharpen the knowledge of the reader. Reading makes me to give the right judgment,” she said.
Also speaking, Amb. Godknows Igali, Chairman of the occasion, commended the author for her literary works which has been brought to limelight, that people with literary expression are very important in the contemporary time.
He said that the book equally touches the Ijaw identity and who they are in the Niger Delta region, adding that young people should turn to writing about their origin as a people.
The author of the book, Dr Ebidenyefa Tarila-Nikade, said that the unveiling of When Tomorrow Beckons and the Fundraiser for Spelling Bee Bayelsa was a dream fulfilled.