The well-attended event brought together stakeholders from across the book ecosystem – reading enthusiasts, researchers, booksellers, publishers, librarians, etc.
In his brief remarks of welcome, the President of the NBRP, Richard Mammah expressed delight at the turnout, describing the event as the culmination of various collaborations between a number of critical stakeholders in the Nigerian book industry, as well as an opportunity to tease out various ways of engendering a more robust reading culture – especially among the young and impressionable members of our society. .