Renowned language expert and professor of French at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Prof. Priye Iyalla-Elechi Amadi, has said that a society whose members do not update themselves through reading would always fall prey to false information with all the dangers that come with it.
Prof. Iyalla stated this while delivering the keynote address at the World Book Giving Day event at Faustinah Ojoba Walter-Akpana Resource Centre in Bakana, Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State hosted by Havids Centre for Environment and Development.
The programme featured book reading by students of Oba-Ama High School, Bakana and a tree planting event. It was also the Valentine’s Day.
Iyalla, who is the wife of renowned author, Elechi Amadi of The Concubine fame, said reading prepares the mind for leadership positions in society and admonished young people as well as older people to make reading a regular habit.
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