Date: 2012-06-01

The 2011/13 EXCO of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), led by its President, Prof. Remi Raji, over the weekend at Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, disbursed the sum of N2, 400,000 (Two million, four hundred thousand naira only) to 16 state chapters of the Association. This was done in furtherance of the N3m grant secured by ANA from Mr. Yusuf Ali, SAN for the ANA/Yusuf Ali Schools’ Literary Awareness Campaign.

Dignitaries at the occasion included retired jurist and former head of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, former ANA President Dr Wale Okediran, the sponsor of the programme, Mr. Yusuf Ali, SAN, the SA to the Kebbi State Governor on Education, Hajiya Maimuna, herself the Chairperson of ANA Kebbi and Mallam Bolaji Abdussalam of Iqra Books Limited. Several members of the Association from across the country and well wishers from within Kwara State, as well secondary school and university students, attended the event which held at the African People Hall, Ilorin.

The beneficiary chapters, whose representatives were all on hand to receive their cheques of N150,000 (One hundred and fifty thousand naira only) each are: Abuja, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Imo, Kano, Kaduna, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers

In order to achieve a good coordination of the project, the chapters are to carry out the programme within the follow timeline:

June 12-14: Distribution of sets of books to ten Schools by each state chapters.
June 26-28: Reading Competition & Awards Programme at designated centres in    participating states.
July 3: Submission of Reports by Chapters.