The Lagos State Government has commenced
the total renovation and upgrade of the Herbert Macaulay Public Library,
Yaba to international standard.
The upgrade which is being carried out
through a partnership with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) as part of the
Lagos State Government’s Adopt-A-Library initiative, falls under the
larger objective of the State Government to ensure increased access to
knowledge for Lagos residents.
Special Adviser to Governor Ambode on
Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, said that as a result of the
renovation work, the Library would be closed to the general public from
Monday June 13, 2016, just as he expressed optimism that upon
completion, the Herbert Macaulay Library would become the best of its
kind in Nigeria and rival any library facility in Africa.
Bank-Olemoh told journalists that the Adopt-A-Library initiative falls
under a tripod pillar of Access to Knowledge; which also includes
Project 350, a private-sector driven initiative to build libraries and
ICT centres in secondary schools across the State, and the creation of
an online library which will serve as an Education Portal and a
repository of knowledge.
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