Nigerians need to put on their thinking cap, says Ekweremadu

Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, has called on Nigerians to be “creative and positive” in their thinking to enhance national development.

Speaking at his special day at the 7th Nigeria Book Fair in Enugu on Friday, he said for Nigeria to grow, people needed to put on their thinking cap.

“It was my thought on how to make Nigeria a better place that made me to come up with the book titled: `Who Will Love My Country’,” he said.

“To contribute to national development, you do not need to be the president or a senator to contribute your own quota to the country’s development.

“You can come up with an idea that will be useful to this country and even change the country in a way you might not have thought of.”

He also urged students who attended the fair to study hard to excel in their future endeavours.

Jude Udenta, chairman of the occasion, said the fair was held to sensitise the general public on the need to be creative and imbibe the reading culture.

Udenta commended the organisers of the fair for reviving the event in the state after some years of inactivity.

He called on the state government and stakeholders in the education sector to support the fair to make it an annual event.

Uche Anioke, chairman of the organising committee of the fair, said the week-long event was organised by the Nigeria Book Fair Trust for the south-east zone.

Anioke, who is also a publisher, said it organised the event to promote reading culture among the people, particularly the youth.

He regretted that reading was becoming extinct among the youth and needed urgent attention.