UNESCO names Port Harcourt World Book Capital

UNESCO on Wednesday announced the selection of Port Harcourt as the 2014 World Book Capital.
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova made the announcement in a statement in New York.
“I extend my congratulations to the city of Port Harcourt for the quality of its proposed programme, which provides for extensive public participation and aims to develop reading for all.
“I wholeheartedly endorse the commitment of Port Harcourt to support literacy through the activities organised for the year,’’ Bokova said.
The agency said the selection committee chose Port Harcourt for the quality of the programme it presented.

It said that the programme focused on the youth and would have impact on improving Nigeria’s culture of books, reading, writing and publishing to improve literacy rates.