World Book Day: NPA, ANA, NCC Advicate Tackling Piracy To Boost Industry - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
April 24, 2019
Stakeholders at the 2019 World Book and CopyrightDay have identified the need to end piracy as a means of growing the book industryand the nation’s economy.
The stakeholders in the book industry stated this inIbadan, Oyo state while commemorating the World Book and Copyright Day.
The event was organised by the Nigerian PublishersAssociation, NPA in collaboration with the Association of Nigerians Authors,ANA and Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC.
NCC Director-General, John Asein enjoinedstakeholders in the creativity industry to collaborate with government torevamp the sector. He called for partnership that would help to build acopyright 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 WoleSoyinka Prize of Literature and author of ‘Egbon of Lagos’, Akin Bello,described reading as a veritable way of wholesome development.