Pantami Urges Efficient Writing Skills as IMPR Board Chairman Unveils ‘Communication Book’
By Zekeri Idakwo,
The immediate-past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has called on aspiring writers and scholars to improve their writing skills.
Pantami made the call yesterday at the public presentation and launching of a book titled: An Introduction to Strategic Communication.
The book was authored by Dr. Sule Ya’u Sule, the Board Chairman of Image Merchants Promotion, IMPR, Limited, publishers of PRNigeria, Economic Confidential and other titles.
At the NICON Luxury Hotel, venue of the launching, the ex-Communications and Digital Economy Minister explained that unlike Nigeria, several other world nations do not joke with promoting readership and writing culture among their citizens.
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Pantami, who was the Chairman of the Occasion, said: “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has since set aside March every year as its “Reading Month”. And this is geared towards promoting the culture of writing and reading among its teeming citizens.
“This shows that the UAE government is passionate about encouraging its citizens to engage in the timeless act of writing and reading. In the digital age, with so much focus on technology, it’s important to remember the value of reading and writing on paper.
“Many of us are now more comfortable with a keyboard than with a pen, but the act of putting pen to paper has a unique value that cannot be replicated by technology.”
He described Dr. Ya’u Sule as a prolific writer, seasoned university lecturer and eminent communicator par excellence.
The literary event had in attendance the Honourable Minister Information and National Orientation, Alh. Mohammed Idris Malagi, former Kano State Governor, Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau, and the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, among other dignitaries.
