Tomorrow is the World Literacy Day worldwide, a day the UNESCO celebrates to draw attention to the status of literacy and adult learning globally.


•Orelope-Adefulire, Lagos Deputy Gov.
In Lagos State, the day will be marked with a target to break the Guinness World Records. The attempt to break the record will happen at an event in which the Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, will lead over 4,000 school children to read a book jointly.

The event will hold at 10 Degree Events on Billingsway Road, Oregun, Ikeja, from 9 a.m.

Organised by Ecole de Dessin in conjunction with the Lagos State Government, the Big Read will attract a galaxy of celebrities and many school children.

The record for “Most Children Reading With An Adult In A Single Location,” was first set by 3,032 children of the Kindergarten Status School at Global Village in Dubai on 12 November, 2008.

On Thursday, 4 March, 2010, the Islamic Forum Charity in the UK also assembled 3,234 children to take part in a Big Reading Session. The event took place at East London Muslim Centre.

Lagos hopes to raise the bar tomorrow.

A sobering reality facing UNESCO on each World Literacy Day is that achieving 100 per cent literacy worldwide remains an elusive target as over a billion people lack minimum literacy skills worldwide.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/09/07/lagos-deputy-gov-set-for-world-record/

good one by the deputy governor

Buncha bullocks --- why not spend more time trying to fix the educational system with influential policies --- anyways, I wish I got the contract to organize this. That's almost 10 million or so to waste, while number children don't have food to eat or access to good education. #Uuumph

eh, not sure what the point of this is

ekt_bear:

eh, not sure what the point of this is

Me too

obowunmi:

Buncha bullocks --- why not spend more time trying to fix the educational system with influential policies --- anyways, I wish I got the contract to organize this. That's almost 10 million or so to waste, while number children don't have food to eat or access to good education. #Uuumph

Word

Two words Boko Haram

js_pac:

Two words Boko Haram

the deputy governor just want to use children to create record for himself,

ekt_bear:

eh, not sure what the point of this is

To have her name written in the Guiness Book of World Records nau. 

Try to keep Up.   

gidson12:

the deputy governor just want to use children to create record for himself,

the deputy gov is a woman

^^^^^^^^^^^
I was also wondering

Her english is too poor , i hope she doesnt tabun. I dnt knw y an hairdresser wil be deputy msheeew

ednut1:

Her english is too poor , i hope she doesnt tabun. I dnt knw y an hairdresser wil be deputy msheeew

i see nothing wrong with that if she is capable after all we av a PHD as president with nothing to show for it.

How about setting d record of d state with d highest number of educated people

obowunmi:

Buncha bullocks --- why not spend more time trying to fix the educational system with influential policies --- anyways, I wish I got the contract to organize this. That's almost 10 million or so to waste, while number children don't have food to eat or access to good education. #Uuumph

obowunmi:

Buncha bullocks --- why not spend more time trying to fix the educational system with influential policies --- anyways, I wish I got the contract to organize this. That's almost 10 million or so to waste, while number children don't have food to eat or access to good education. #Uuumph

obowunmi:

Buncha bullocks --- why not spend more time trying to fix the educational system with influential policies --- anyways, I wish I got the contract to organize this. That's almost 10 million or so to waste, while number children don't have food to eat or access to good education. #Uuumph

obowunmi:

Buncha bullocks --- why not spend more time trying to fix the educational system with influential policies --- anyways, I wish I got the contract to organize this. That's almost 10 million or so to waste, while number children don't have food to eat or access to good education. #Uuumph

Obowunmido, Honestly you reason as your name sound.

HW DS RECORD SETTING BY THE DEP.GOVT OF LAGOS STATE WAN IMPART ON LIVES OF THESE KIDS WHO NEEDS BETTER THINGS INSTEAD NA HER NAME GO DEY 4RECORD HABA!WAIST OF TASK PAYERS MONEY WHEN FLOOD DEY FINISH LAGOS.HUNGRY PEOPLE DEY EVERY WHERE MAKE SHE USE DAT MONEY HELP DEM RATHER LET SOME SMART DUDE DEY USE HER HEAD 4YEYE RECORD WAY NO RELEVANT TO OUR SETTING.HW MANY TIMES SHE DON ASSEMBLE DIS HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE GO FEED BEGGARS? ABEG JO.

No wonder Nigeria is so poor, everyone seems to oppose any stride with criticism

@ Leomax --- sharrap dia. Why isn't Ghana doing this ? Ghana is much more economically stronger than Nigeria. Nigerian students are leaving Nigeria to study in Ghana ? Why ? People their leaders invest time in policies and NOT on media mombo jumbo.

Next time a Nigerian student wants to leave Nigeria to study in Ghana, you tell them to go to the Deputy Governor's office for another world record rubbish.

Pls Deputy Governor, spend more time on worthwhile events like creating influential educational policies with your time.

Also, domt forget the children hawking moi-moi on the streets of Las-gidi. Be sure to include them there as well. Rubbish!

ednut1:

Her english is too poor , i hope she doesnt tabun. I dnt knw y an hairdresser wil be deputy msheeew

Heard she is enrolled in one of the LASU part time campus, so . . . .she know, she knows not, teach her.

I will like to be part of this history,

The point is to break guiness book of records wen we provide our own power by generators, our water by borehole, road by manual mending and pass exams by special centres. Africa sorry.

real shame though but dat is wot all of dem politicians do. bunch of social freaks. abegi leave the woman make she set record o, might be the only shot she gat at it, afterall opportunity comes but once

obowunmi:

Buncha bullocks --- why not spend more time trying to fix the educational system with influential policies --- anyways, I wish I got the contract to organize this. That's almost 10 million or so to waste, while number children don't have food to eat or access to good education. #Uuumph

una no dey wen GEJ spent 1 billion naira on the 50yrs anniversary and 75 million naira on a f**kin cake.
http://lindaikeji..com/2010/10/n75-million-independence-cakethat.html

jensinmi:

To have her name written in the Guiness Book of World Records nau. 

Try to keep Up.   

Hehehe