On Valentine’s Day, February 14,
students from various schools in Alimosho Local Government Developing Area of
Lagos State gathered at the Centre for Research and Information Management and
Media Development (CRIMMD) to celebrate the Valentine’s Day.
In his opening speech, the Director
General of CRIMMD, Dr Raphael James, remarked: "At CRIMMD, in a day like
this, we are being creatively divisional by redirecting students’ mental energy
to a high level for growth beyond the emotion of love which are easily
subjected to abuse in spite of our determined effort previously to be our strong
self emotionally. Years of research have taught me that: readers are great
lovers because in reading for personal growth, we achieve a sense of
intellectual selfhood we never knew before on what to do to ourselves and how
to develop our own capacities for the betterment of our society."
The Valentine Book reading commenced
right on time by 1pm. During the book reading, Nigeria's youngest published author
Ambassador Oluebubechi Sharon James, read from her book "FREEDOM", the
book she wrote at the age of six. Other books read included: "Muhammed
Buhari - Nigeria's Seventh Head of State" by Rosaline Odeh 1984;
"Broken Beautiful Pot" by Uloma Naomi James and "Fellow
Nigerians" by Dan Agbese. There was
also a talents display section; news casting in Pidgin, dancing and fastest
eater competition.
Kayode Tijani, showed a documentary on
Nigerian sports from 1928 to date and there was a Valentine cake cutting
section.
The students had a swell time of fun and better than they came.
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