The TY Buratai Literary Initiative (TYBLI) has kicked off its 2025 actions with a renewed push to boost literacy and artistic writing amongst Nigerian youths.
The flag-off occasion, held Thursday at Adam’s Pages Bookstore, Abuja, coincided with World Learn Aloud Day 2025 and the 56th anniversary of Cyprian Ekwensi’s literary classics, The Drummer Boy and The Passport of Mallam Ilia.
The ceremony introduced collectively college students from numerous Abuja faculties for a read-aloud session of Ekwensi’s works, reinforcing TYBLI’s dedication to fostering a studying tradition amongst younger Nigerians.
TYBLI Chairperson, Dr. Elizabeth Ben-Iheanacho, outlined the organisation’s 2024 achievements and unveiled formidable plans for the New Yr.
She emphasised that TYBLI based and sponsored by former Chief of Military Workers, Lt.-Gen. T.Y. Buratai (retd.) “stays steadfast in selling literacy via e-book placements and literary competitions.”
“In our maiden outing in 2024, we positioned the TY Buratai E book Field in three faculties one in Nasarawa State and two within the FCT. We additionally launched the Forerunners and Illustrators Award to honour pioneers in Younger Grownup Literature (YAL) in Nigeria,” she mentioned.
Talking on the occasion, TYBLI’s vice-chairman, Dr. Abubakar Muhammad Sani, urged stakeholders, educators and company organisations to assist TYBLI’s imaginative and prescient for a extra literate Nigeria.
He additionally inspired college students to embrace studying as a behavior, reminding them that “readers are leaders.”