An Author, Emeka Onyegbule has lamented the huge decline of reading culture among youths in Nigeria, saying there is a need to revive it.
Speaking with Voice of Nigeria, Lagos on Friday, Mr. Onyegbule appealed to the youth to cultivate a reading habit, to improve focus, memory, empathy, and communication skills.
He said; “If you look at how far our Education sector has fared, you will know Nigeria needs to do more to revive the sector. For instance, most public schools in the country have no libraries or conducive environment for reading and learning and this must be urgently addressed by our leaders .”
On ways forward towards reviving reading culture in the country, Mr. Onyegbule called on teachers to help students read fluently, comprehend what they’re reading, and train them in phonetics, spelling, grammar, and vocabulary memorization, among others.
He also urged parents to encourage their children to read more and also check their activities on social media.
“Teachers and parents should encourage their children to read more. We understand this era of internet devices which children get distracted with. We should find a way to regulate their usage of these devices,” he stated.
Reviewing his book titled ‘Making Electricity Reform Work In Developing Economy, Mr. Onyegbule said he got motivated to write the book to help push young people into reading things away from their immediate environment.
The book “Making Electricity Reforms Work in Developing Economies” provides valuable guidelines, advice, and solutions to some of the issues that have undermined reforms in the electric infrastructure space in developing countries. It tells an African story with deliberate and avoidable pitfalls in the conception, design, and implementation of electricity reforms. The book has 560 pages in 13 Chapters and was published by Amazon Publishing.
Mr. Onyegbule also explained that the book would make an invaluable resource to academic researchers, postgraduate students, practitioners, governments of reforming states, and regulatory authorities.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
