Stakeholders at the 2019 World Book and Copyright Day have identified the need to end piracy as a means of growing the book industry and the nation’s economy.
The stakeholders in the book industry stated this in Ibadan, Oyo state while commemorating the World Book and Copyright Day.
The event was organised by the Nigerian Publishers Association, NPA in collaboration with the Association of Nigerians Authors, ANA and Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC.
NCC Director-General, John Asein enjoined stakeholders in the creativity industry to collaborate with government to revamp the sector. He called for partnership that would help to build a copyright system capable of engendering national economic development.
The Executive Secretary of NPA Emmanuel Abimbola, said the essence of commemorating the World Book Day was to promote reading, writing and publishing.
The guest writer at the event and winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize of Literature and author of ‘Egbon of Lagos’, Akin Bello, described reading as a veritable way of wholesome development.
