Publishers donate books to Abuja IDPs

University Press Plc, Rasmed Publishers, and Macmillan Publishers have donated books to children at Durumi Internally Displaced Peoples camp in Abuja this week. Emmanuel Abimbola, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) said as the umbrella body of publishing organisations in Nigeria, their major role is to promote and protect publishing in Nigeria. “What we are […]

University Press Plc, Rasmed Publishers, and Macmillan Publishers have donated books to children at Durumi Internally Displaced Peoples camp in Abuja this week.

Emmanuel Abimbola, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) said as the umbrella body of publishing organisations in Nigeria, their major role is to promote and protect publishing in Nigeria. “What we are doing for the IDP camp is part of our corporate social responsibility.  We decided to provide books because we wanted to do something different from what others are doing. They need knowledge because it is power. When they read, they get enlightened and motivated. Even the cause of the problem that brought them to the camp are all in books,” he said, adding that one of their members is part of the Bible Society of Nigeria and so decided to provide Bibles too. “By reading the Bible, they get hope and life into them. Education develops the total man.” 

When the vehicles of members of the NPA pulled up in the premises of Durumi IDP Camp in Abuja, children ran out of their classes to learn who the visitors were. The publishers donated text books, Bibles and other reading materials to the IDPs.   

Assistant Headmaster of the camp’s school, Aminu Abubakar expressed his gratitude to the association and said the books will help the children’s educational development. “Without writing materials or books, they would not be able to learn, especially in this kind of environment,” he pointed out.

Abubakar pointed out that he was from Katsina State and decided to relocate after his Youth Service Corp in Kaduna. This was how he decided to lend a helping hand at the camp, even though he does not get paid.