From.Ahmad Muhammad,Bauchi
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has lamented the poor reading culture in Nigeria and Africa, saying it responsible for the poor leadership in the continent.
Dogara said Nigerians always choose to celebrate mundain things instead of seeking knowledge that will advance them as individuals.
A statement distributed to newsmen in Bauchi by his media aide Turaki Hassan said the former speaker spoke at the weekend in Jos, Plateau state capital during the launch of a book titled : “ Without A Name”, written by Mr. Emmanuel Gogwim Kayi a retired permanent secretary and former editor of the Nigerian Standard Newspaper.
In the book, Mr. Kayi narrated how the entire members of the editorial board of the Standard Newspaper under his leadership lost their jobs after they published an editorial condemning the military for annulling the June 12 1993 Presidential election won by late Chief M. K. O Abiola.
Dogara said the challenges Nigeria and Africa is facing is as a result of poor reading culture.
