Nigeria: Don Canvasses E-Books to Revive Reading Culture Among Youths

Ibadan — First female Professor of Computer Science in Africa and lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Professor Adenike Osofisan has called on publishers in the country to make provision for electronic books in Nigerian languages with a view to encouraging the youth to speak their mother tongues and also revive reading culture among them.

The university don made the call in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, in her keynote address titled 'IT and You' on the occasion of the public presentation of Evans Electronic Books.

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